Can someone please translate my last name to chinese charact

[Jie Ning]

Hello,
I was just wondering if someone can please translate my last name into either traditional or simplified character. My last name is 'Loo' and i am hokkien so i think my lastname should be in hokkien. i would be greatly honered if you could help me. please help me translate and thank you very much.

sincerely,
Jie Ning

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[Yisheng]

Hi Jie Ning,

my guess is "Jie Ning" is actually in Mandarin and not in Hokkien. If you know what the characters of your name entail, it would help a lot. For now, I guess it would be 潔寧 in traditional characters and 洁宁 in simplified.

yisheng

[Niuc]

If what Jie Ning means by last name is family name 'Loo', I guess there are several possibilities:
羅 lo5 -> sounds like "Lo!" in English (luo2 in Mandarin; 罗 in simplified form)
盧 lo`5 -> sounds like "law" in English (Mdr: lu2 ; 卢)
呂 lu7 (ly7 in Cuanciu accent, Mdr: lv3 ; 吕)

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[Yisheng]

Just to add to Niuc's post, 魯 loo3 (like the word law) is also possible. Must remember that last name = surname the next time...

[stifven_nks]

« is also possible... I have a friend who's surname is also "Loo" and uses this character.

[Niuc]

Yes, also 魯 (lo`2 in our accent) and (lu5 in Cuanciu accent i.e. including ours; ju5 in Ciangciu).

The previous thread on surnames http://www.chinalanguage.com/forum/read ... 317&t=1317 also has:
婁 lo`5
路 lo`7
閭 lu5 (Cuanciu: ly5)
庾 Cuanciu: lu2, Ciangciu: ju2

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