Name: 外國人常常忍不住好奇：你的亞洲名字意義是什麼呢？ (What Does Your Asian Name Mean?)
Uploaded: 2022-06-06T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 2 min 13 s

Uh, that's my Korean name, Jung Woo-Kyung.

Here's my last name, Kang. First name is Shin Hyung.

這兩個字的意思是「明亮的禮物」。

"Take" means "warrior", and "o" is like a suffix, that sort of denotes "dude", so it means "warrior dude".

「武」代表「戰士」，「雄」有點像是字根，意思是「男子」所以合在一起意思是「戰士男子」。

「경」意思是「城市來的朋友」。

I was born in the city, I guess. So I am literally a friend from the city.

我是在城市出生的，所以我的確是城市來的朋友。

This is two wood characters put together.

這個字是兩個「木」放在一起。

It basically has like, the meaning of a forest.

This first character stands for steadfastness and perseverance.

And then this second character is the second half of the word "music".

然後第二個字是「音韻」的第二個字。

My dad faced all this racism after being in a concentration camp.

我爸爸在集中營遭遇很多種族歧視。

There's a lot of strength and a lot of fight in my blood.

所以我的血液裡流著力量和戰鬥。

One thing I do know for sure is that my grandmother gave me this name, so I can become a someone who can be trustworthy.

我很確定，這是我奶奶給我的名字期許我能成為值得信任的人 。

My older sister and I have the same first character, but her's is the other half of music.

我的姊姊跟我有同樣的中間名但她的最後一個字是「音韻」的另一半。

Which is pretty cool, cause my sister and I actually turned out to be fairly musical people.

滿酷的，因為我和我姐真的成為蠻有音樂素養的人。

The number of strokes signifies the elemental properties of your name.

筆畫數象徵名字的意義及元素。

My name had a lot of like, water element to it.

我的名字有很多「水」的成分。

She needed to use fire to balance it out.

I think that most of them I get it from my mom because she's a single lady, because my dad passed away when I was really young.

我覺得我媽媽影響我很大她是單親媽媽，因為我爸在我小時候就去世了。

She literally raised me and my older brother by herself.

我媽自己一人帶大我和我的哥哥。

The meaning "bright being", that's what my parents were hoping I'd become, and it's exactly what I grew into.

「明亮的人」正是我父母希望我成為的人而我也確實成為這樣的人。

I'm glad that I have a Japanese name, and I think every time I write my name, it's a reminder of all that strength.

我很高興我有日文名字每次寫名字的時候，就能想起這些力量。

For a long time, I kinda like to pretend that I didn't have a Chinese name, and that I just never had a middle name.

有很長一段時間，我會假裝沒有中文名字，也沒有中間名。

This is a part of my identity. This is part of who I am.

這是我身份的一部分。這是我的一部分。

I'm Nicki, and I'm Singaporean Chinese American.

我是 Nicki，我是新加坡、中國裔美國人。

I'm Chris and I'm Taiwanese Cantonese American.

我叫 Chris，我是台灣廣東裔美國人。

My name is Sean, and I'm a Japanese American.

我叫 Sean，而我是日裔美國人。