What is your surname?
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No, I mean her ancestry.....Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Nah... Singaporean.
She uses this phrase to tell what her surname is.
If she shared the same surname but not from the same ancestry, she can only say she and Su Dong Po were the same clan.
If Su Dong Po is alive now, he can sue your teacher one leh. -
Tay alsoOriginally posted by Tayysj:tay? (hanyu pinyin "zheng")
(hanyu pinyin "Dai") ?? -
LOLOL?Originally posted by -[0]-:Where's Lim???
Anyway, South Korean's version of "Lim" is called "Im". North Korean version is called "Lim" also. I think the South Korean version sounds cooler.
Can you imagine ... ... IM PEI! -
Definitely not from the same ancestry... same clan yes.Originally posted by Hogzilla:No, I mean her ancestry.....
If she shared the same surname but not from the same ancestry, she can only say she and Su Dong Po were the same clan.
If Su Dong Po is alive now, he can sue your teacher one leh. -
Don't you love the Ang Mohs? They just like to mess up other's surname.Originally posted by zaxis:Tay also
(hanyu pinyin "Dai") ??
After King Wu of Zhou overthrown the Shang Dynasty, one of the vassal was conferred to the State of Dai. Then the state was destroyed and the lord's decendant use the name of their conferred state as their surname.
During the Zhou Dynasty, the remanents of the Shang Dynasty was conferred to the State of Song. One of the ruler was Duke Dai of Song. The duke's son that is not born of royal blood (aka, the concubine gave birth one lah) adopted his Posthumous name as surname. -
kow? hypy is qiu.
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Kow! You didn't tell me which qiu how to check? Got the qiu that means mountain, also got qiu that means autumn. So which qiu?Originally posted by simplication:kow? hypy is qiu. -
The HYPY Lim is "Lin". Lim is called "Im" in SK just to make it simpler in writing, Pronucation is pretty much the same.Originally posted by -[0]-:Where's Lim???
Anyway, South Korean's version of "Lim" is called "Im". North Korean version is called "Lim" also. I think the South Korean version sounds cooler.
Lee is spelt "I" in SK, pronouced as "Ee". In the North, "Li" is the spelling. Popular spelling in roman alpha is still Lee in both state. -
sorry sorry very sorry
san3 qiu3... -
oh oh... got yeo? (yang in han yu pin yin)
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Originally posted by simplication:sorry sorry very sorry
san3 qiu3...
Three Autumn or three hill?Originally posted by Ito_^:oh oh... got yeo? (yang in han yu pin yin) Originally posted by Hogzilla:Yang have two origins.
During the late Western Zhou Dynasty, a son of King Xuan of Zhou was conferred to the State of Yang. Then the state was destroyed and the lord's decendant use the name of their conferred state as their surname.
Second one. There was a virtuous man in the State of Jin, he was conferred to a castle by the name of Yang. Then one of his son killed someone and was executed because of that, his grandson escaped and used the name of the conferred castle as surname. -
not that san la.. is mountain...
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Den Teo or Zhang leh??
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During the early Zhou Dynasty days, Jiang Taigong was conferred to the State of Qi, with its capital at Ying2(as in camp) Qiu1(as in hill). With his talents in governing, The State of Qi grew quickly and the original capital could not accomodate the growing population and they moved their capital to Lin2 Zi1. Those who left behind at Ying Qiu used Qiu as surname.Originally posted by simplication:not that san la.. is mountain...
When Huang Di was fighting for the land with Chi You, he was worried as the Chi You tribe people were bigger in size and more muscular, Huang Di tribe would lose out in a melee combat. One of Huang Di's grandson, by the name of Hui, used tiger's tenon and made a bow. The invention of bow revolutionize warfare and turned the tide of battle with Huang Di unifing the rich Northern Yellow river plain. Because of Hui's effort in the war, he was given the surname of "Zhang".Originally posted by TYING:Den Teo or Zhang leh??