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The characters individually mean:
top left: nian - year
top middle: xuan - imperial hall/announce/proclaim
top right: da - big
bottom left: zhi - make/produce/manufacture
bottom middle: de - virtue/moral
bottom right: ming - bright, also the name of a Chinese Dynasty. However, only means dynasty when in conjuction with the character "dai". So I guess it could mean anything like "the great proclamation year produces bright virtue!". Or something totally different... haha. Oh yes, it should be reading from right to left in typical Chinese fashion. :)
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We may have a winner here.  Edited by Dewayne76
10/09/2006 10:14 pm
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New Member
United States
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could it mean the year of the rat  |
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quote:
Originally posted by ldarrell
could it mean the year of the rat
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i don't see a character for rat on there....
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ya that was me using my 3 years of mandarin... They did'nt really pay off on that one did they?
Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by yavaris
The characters individually mean:
top left: nian - year
top middle: xuan - imperial hall/announce/proclaim
top right: da - big
bottom left: zhi - make/produce/manufacture
bottom middle: de - virtue/moral
bottom right: ming - bright, also the name of a Chinese Dynasty. However, only means dynasty when in conjuction with the character "dai". So I guess it could mean anything like "the great proclamation year produces bright virtue!". Or something totally different... haha. Oh yes, it should be reading from right to left in typical Chinese fashion. :)
Yvaris, how can you be so certain of this? |
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probably speaks some chinese, or lots of it.
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quote:
Originally posted by thingee
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Originally posted by yavaris
The characters individually mean:
top left: nian - year
top middle: xuan - imperial hall/announce/proclaim
top right: da - big
bottom left: zhi - make/produce/manufacture
bottom middle: de - virtue/moral
bottom right: ming - bright, also the name of a Chinese Dynasty. However, only means dynasty when in conjuction with the character "dai". So I guess it could mean anything like "the great proclamation year produces bright virtue!". Or something totally different... haha. Oh yes, it should be reading from right to left in typical Chinese fashion. :)
Yvaris, how can you be so certain of this?
I've studied mandarin for some time, so I know some of the chars. I also know how to look up chinese chars based on their radicals, so that's what I did with the rest of the chars that I didn't know. https://www.zhongwen.com has an online dictionary that allows you to look up the chinese meaning of words if you know what radical what word has and the stroke count of the word. |
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Hi, just noticed this contest. I showed this image by email to a native of The People's Republic of China, and this is her translation:
That means year of made,
If you want to read should from top of right go down
call "Da Ming " is Ming dyanasty in Chinese history.
(1368-1644),
Then go to center from top go down call "Xuan Dei" is
name of the year from 1426 to 1435. that nine years
King 's name call " Ming Xuan Zong".
Then go lleft from top go down call" Nian Zhi", Nian
mean year, Zhi mean made.
I hope that help you.
She is not a native speaker of English, but it seems like a pretty straightforward explanation. So, Thingee has to decide who won! (I'm not entering this contest, just thought I'd add this info!)
Dan
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Originally posted by adobero1
Hi, just noticed this contest. I showed this image by email to a native of The People's Republic of China, and this is her translation:
That means year of made,
If you want to read should from top of right go down
call "Da Ming " is Ming dyanasty in Chinese history.
(1368-1644),
Then go to center from top go down call "Xuan Dei" is
name of the year from 1426 to 1435. that nine years
King 's name call " Ming Xuan Zong".
Then go lleft from top go down call" Nian Zhi", Nian
mean year, Zhi mean made.
I hope that help you.
She is not a native speaker of English, but it seems like a pretty straightforward explanation. So, Thingee has to decide who won! (I'm not entering this contest, just thought I'd add this info!)
Dan
So Yavaris YOU ARE THE WINNER!! Email me with your address and I will get the coin in the mail next week. Congratulations!! |
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United States
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Awesome! THanks for holding this contest :). Except I don't have fifty posts...so I can't email you, haha. Um... send me an email and I'll reply :).
Thanks again
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Congratulations yavaris, and a good competition thingee!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yavaris, your prize went out in yesterdays mail.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks :). Can't wait to see it :)
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