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7 days later
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What about these names?
Huli Zhi (Male)
Jie Cheng (Male)
Jian Li (Male)
Bai Ling (Female, might have asked about this one already)
Li Heng (Male, Demonic character)

    yaoyueyi ok. Any suggestions for a scholarly, intelligent characters (instead of Jian Li)?
    I ran a name I thought of through Google translate and it worked out how I wanted it.
    Does Shen Jianting sound good? If not, what part sounds off

        6 days later

        Hi! I have several names here, I hope you can give me inputs (if you don't mind ofc)
        For the story background:
        The story takes place at a nation which is separated into 5 areas, each symbolizing an element and governed by a clan: North/Earth (Lin ζž—), East/Air (Di 笛), South/Fire (Feng 净), and West/Water: (Qihong η₯ζ³“). What are your thoughts about them? I'm a bit concerned with Qihong since I made the surname myself.

        For the characters' name:
        Zhen Yinyue (珍 ι“Άζœˆ) - is this too generic?
        Feng Yang (净 昜) - I initially wanted 阳 Yang, which one is better?
        Qihong Jun (η₯ζ³“ 俊)

          yaoyueyi What about "Hao Xuan" ?
          Its a direct translation of my own name which I did through a Chinese site, but never really thought about how it would be for a native speaker. Also, if its okay, could tell me what it means? Just wanna see if what the site recommended was good.

              shinigami8671 there are many different chinese characters that all have the same romanization. therefore, I wouldn't know the exact meaning unless you gave me the characters. but it sounds fine!

                  SamantaAng di is not a surname. not a big fan of qihong, but the other two are okay.
                  not a fan of yinyue honestly. it's so-so. I don't really like the other too either, but I think definitely not the yang that means sun for his name.

                      yaoyueyi

                      What about:
                      Zhen Xiangyue ( 珍 ζƒ³ζœˆ) (forgot to mention it's a female name XD)
                      Jiang Mutao (η–† 穆梛) or Jiang Wanhe (η–† 琬 ζ²³) (male)
                      Feng Junxu (净 君旭) (from your manly name list)

                          15 days later

                          SamantaAng sorry for the late reply!
                          but I honestly prefer yinyue over xiangyue :joy:
                          and I prefer wanhe over mutao
                          and feng junxu is fine!

                              yaoyueyi It's alright! Although I'm kinda worried bcs you were gone all of sudden πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
                              Tbh I kinda like both yinyue and xiangyue, is there any specific reason you prefer yinyue more?

                                  SamantaAng yeah I was kinda stuck without wifi for a few days haha
                                  I like yinyue better bc it just sounds... more suiting for a name, if that makes sense? lol xiangyue kinda reminds me of some name a poet would give their poem, and yinyue sounds more like a name a parent would give their child? that's my logic but if you wanted to go with either it wouldn't be the end of the world or anything :D

                                      19 days later
                                      2 months later

                                      Hello, I just want to ask if a Chinese name was added to a Chinese Surname, will there be a change in meaning since these two words has separate meanings? I mean, do I have to consider the meaning of a surname before I add a first name? Or is it fine as long as the first name has a decent meaning? Like for example, Yang Lixue or Zhang Lixue? I've read somewhere that Lixue means pretty and pure as snow. Thanks in advance. :)

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