Chinese Characters in Foreign Eyes

Elizabeth, one of my friends in MSN, is a pretty Russian girl.

One day, I recommended her a Chinese folk music "梁祝" to her. I told her, this music named "Liang & Zhu", it is based on a love story in Chinese folk legend, a love story about a guy named "Liang" and a lady named "Zhu". She thinks it is a beautiful music. and shows great interesting in Chinese characters.

So, I introduced Chinese character to her. I said, some Chinese character are paintings. for example, "山" means hill in Chinese.

She told me, in Russian, "Ш" means hill. and she thinks, "Ш" is better than "山", because "山" looks more like a crown. and she said, "说" looks like a octopus.

Interesting girl. lol.

And I tell her another interesting Chinese character, "休". "亻"is a guy, "木" is a tree, "休" is a guy cling to a tree, means "have a rest".

She thought it is amazing, and wanna know what is her name in Chinese.

I told her it is 伊丽莎白, pronounced by "yee-lee-sa-bei". In Chinese, 伊 means "she", 丽 mans "pretty", 莎 often use to name a girl, a girl may called 莎莎. 白 is "White".

She loves her new name very much. and change her name to 伊丽莎白 in her blog as soon as possible ...

This artice is wrote on 2008-07-30