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[iGuest]

I would like to see what my name looks like in chinese leters so I can get a tatto of it

-reply by Joshua Boswell

[bishoujo]

FeedBacker, on Jun 3 2008, 06:51 AM, said:

how do you write Niayab in chinese?

Your Name In Chinese
How do you write Niayab in chinese?

-reply by Niayab

Niayab is an uncommon name (I've never heard of it before!) so you probably won't find it on any Chinese name translator side, which usually just compiles a huge list of translations for common English names. But if I translate it according to the pronounciation, I'd translate it as
尼阿亚卜 (Pronounced as Ni-Ah-Ya-Bu) I know the last character 'Bu' is quite redundant, but I can't think of any Chinese character for the 'b' sound itself.

Personally I don't there's a need to analyse the meaning of every single character because the names are translated based on pronounciation, not meaning. So unless your chinese name as a whole translates into something that has a meaning, you don't have to fret about it.

[puneye]

my name in chinese is look as below.

迪帕克城

but it looks like drawings hehe.

[grahamdart]

Putting English names into Chinese is tricky... Just approximating the sound with any old character that has a similar sound is not a good idea.

Letting a native speaker help you pick a name is a must if you're going to use it for business, visa paperwork or a tattoo...