Choosing Auspicious Chinese Names [Paperback]

Dr. Evelyn Lip (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Stone Bridge Press (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0893468479
• ISBN-13: 978-0893468477
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,355,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to choose a Chinese name using Chinese name analysis, June 29, 1998

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This review is from: Choosing Auspicious Chinese Names (Paperback)

This book explains the ancient calculations involved in choosing a Chinese name. It uses Mandarin pinyin and simplified characters and is writen in English. The ancient theories include: the 5 elements; number of strokes for yin-yang; the lunar birthdate and 8 characters; and the Chinese horoscope. As well, 300 English names are translated into Chinese.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent starting point for picking a name, April 22, 2004

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This review is from: Choosing Auspicious Chinese Names (Paperback)

This book provides an excellent explanation of the "science" of picking a Chinese name. It describes the significance of "elements" (e.g., gold, fire, earth, etc.), the date and time of your child's birth, and the number of strokes to selecting a name. By breaking down the process of choosing a name into readily digestible steps, this book makes the process very understandable and actually somewhat fun (versus some other books on this same topic.).

This book rates a "4" instead of "5" as a result of two issues -- both of which are surmountable. First, the book is not current; it only provides the necessary charts relating to the date/time of birth through the end of 1999.

BUT -- anyone with even a trivial understanding of Microsoft Excel can readily create a chart that extrapolates the necessary charts through to the present. After all, the table entries REPEAT every 60 entries, and thus all you need to do is manually create a calendar in Excel and map the entries to the calendar.

Second, the book does not (cannot) adequately prevent you from choosing unbelievably stupid combinations. For example, the characters "Ying" and "Man" (in Cantonese) are acceptable choices for the first and middle characters. Of course, together these words mean "English." Thus, you really must ask a native Chinese speaker to doublecheck whatever name you select.

Good book, and good luck.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Outdated for 2001 babies, June 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Choosing Auspicious Chinese Names (Paperback)

Good book overall, but for some sections where there are recommendations for names or elements, the book stops at the year 2000, so it's useless for people like me who's trying to find names for new baby born in 2001.