Clippings. MEANING OF CHINESE NAMES.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 52, 29 September 1900, Page 3

Clippings. MEANING OF CHINESE NAMES.

A eorrespundenr oi the Morning IV ft his supplied tho roaders of | tiiat jo and with :t very ussefut ; guid^ u> the ni'Mjiing of many ot tho names thai, me constantly ;>Pjkmi ni/ in the cihlv^i'iiris from che Far hia^. lie explains thai .ri i'r\ Yin, Ton^ and Hi or So tnei-i ii->i th. .south, east and ivt^i, and King a etipiU:, P^-Kmg is tae Jioi.botii capif.i], Njh-Kirig lh(!")xnhcrn capit.il, r lVii-Kin& l the eas!ti"i\ oaj'iia], aud ho on. Ko, .^aiji, being a rivnr an<l Pei ;md Iloanji ihe Iwo coloni! 3 , Poi-ho and Ho.'.u^-JiO are luitimilly the W'h'A^ and Yollov/ Bivois. A j>!oai river ie a " Ki.xn|-,,'' possih'j' the seme word jm initially as the Tadiaa Gang<\ \\jii"ii *vg ba,\o uu'nei' iv? f o '' G^ii^'e^ " ; hence fang-tKO-kriu^.', the Gro-'t Ihwr vi tli^ Vftig i'roviuce,*' wiioao si»s and depth at the n i outh earn for it tho nameoS: Ta-kuuig, the givtu stream. The mcaniijga of othor nair.es may be put together with tne lieip of tho 'following Uai. sea; Ohu, pearl , Kin, gold ; Shn, stMid ; Ta, grfa^t ; 'i.wn, aky ; Bhang, upper or silwvi' • Ilia, lower ov below ; Ohiui^, ir.iiltlle ; fcjlian, hilld ; M.v, 'khytt ; Tsm, ford; Oiiin, maitoL •, Ngan, tranijiiiiicy ; Fm, chief to.vn; Gheu or Ojin, dittrict: Wai, to buy ; Mai-mai, to buy and soil ; Miu-iriaj-chiu, bnying and stiliug market, or tidde centio. Thus we find that Hoang-hai is the yellow bC.i, Tong-ixai the eantern. Nan-hai tho southern, Smmg-iiai t|jo place " Above the !Sea." Tioti-toiu die " Ford of Hooven jor Heavenly Ford; Bikiau'j the " (ireat Hiver of the Wesf," Po-ki-mg that of tho north, and Tong-kiahg that of the east, which ad combine to form the Clm-kicvjg, iho "'Gieat Pwrl iStieuiu." Tho Kia-sha-kiung' is tiie k> Civer oi th>> (j-olden ISaud," 'i'len-shaxi the " Hill of liotiven," BJia-mo the '■ bandy Desert," bi?«gHii the "Western. Best," and Ghung-giug the "^liddie Capital." Tnio vocabulary U scarcely extensive enough <o eaaulo tha stndant to speak Chinese, bai: it will help hna to understand the oluiiaotenaticrf of in,-.\ny of ths phicoa uiGutioued in his morning newspaper.