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masculine name
Mandarin: āi sī tè bān
This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Esteban
Score: 100/100
Mandarin: xī bān yá
Mandarin: líng hún bàn lǚ
Japanese: reikon hanryo
Korean: 령혼반려 or 영혼반려
This is the literal translation of "Soul Mates". Meaning it is kind of the western way to express "soul mates", but translated into Chinese. The first two characters mean "soul" or "spirit". The second two characters mean "mate", "companion" or "partner".
These are also two words in Korean Hanja, but not often seen together like this - however, it does have the same good meaning in Korean.
This is not a great title in Japanese - The meaning is correct, but it is not commonly used.
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Mandarin: bàn lǚ
Japanese: hanryo
Korean: 업
This is the kind of partnership in which a good marriage is founded. This Chinese word could also be translated as mates or companionship. This word can also be used as a noun to refer to a partner or companion.
This does not have to include a marriage, but at least refers to a partnership with a deep relationship or bond.
Note that this is not the same as a business partner. Different words are used for various types business partnerships (post your request on our Asian calligraphy forum if you need something in that regard).
See Also... Friendship
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Mandarin: bái tiān bù
zuò kuī xīn shì yè b� n
qiāo mén bù chī jīng
Characters shown
above are read
vertically, starting
from the right
This literally translates as: [If one does] not do bad things in the daytime, one need not be alarmed at knocks on the door in the middle of the night.
The meaning is something like, "A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder". Basically, the message is, "don't commit crimes and you won't be jumpy every time the doorbell rings (so don't do anything wrong and your life will have fewer worries and you can sleep at night)".
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Mandarin: xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
This old Chinese idiom speaks to the act of giving up. This phrase suggests that no matter how close you are to finishing your task or journey, giving up just before you finish, is just as bad as giving up halfway.
50% finished or 90% finished, the result is the same: "You are not finished".
You can take what you want from this idiom, but I think it suggests that you should finish what you start, and especially finish that last 10% of your journey or project so that you can honestly say "it's finished".
Some notes: The character that I am translating as "mile" is really an ancient "Chinese mile" which is actually about half a kilometer - it just doesn't sound right to say "When walking 100 half-kilometers..."
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Wall scroll artwork shown on this page is priced as follows:
2-3 characters $39.88 each
4 characters $49.88 each
5-10 characters $59.88 each
11 or more characters $69.88 each
After you select your calligraphy, our website will take you through the process of customizing your artwork.
Options for other mounting such as portraits are available for $13 less.
We also offer the services of a famous master calligrapher for a $40 fee on any scroll if you are looking for investment-quality calligraphy.
If you chose our famous master-calligrapher, you also get more choices for silk and paper colors and the option for larger artwork.
All of our calligraphy is completely done by hand in the ancient way.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to our art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Therefore, allow at least 3 weeks for delivery from the time you place your order.
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
Prices for
custom wall scrolls
shown on this page:
2-3 Characters:
USD $39.88
GBP £24.20
EUR €26.92
CAD $42.74
AUS $43.87
4 Characters:
USD $49.88
GBP £30.27
EUR €33.67
CAD $53.45
AUS $54.88
5-10 Characters:
USD $59.88
GBP £36.34
EUR €40.42
CAD $64.17
AUS $65.88
More than 10 Characters:
USD $69.88
GBP £42.41
EUR €47.17
CAD $74.88
AUS $76.88
Customizations that you select may raise or lower the price.
The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "regular size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
(We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese
| Title | Characters Simplified Traditional |
Japanese Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Hanyu-Pinyin (Romanized Chinese) | |||
| Esteban | 埃斯特班 埃斯特班 | n/a | āi sī tè bān ai si te ban | ai1 si1 te4 ban1 aisiteban | ||
| Spain | 西班牙 西班牙 | n/a | xī bān yá xi ban ya | xi1 ban1 ya2 xibanya | ||
| Soul Mates (literal) | 灵魂伴侣 靈魂伴侶 | reikon hanryo reikonhanryo | líng hún bàn lǚ ling hun ban lv | ling2 hun2 ban4 lv3 linghunbanlv | ||
| Partnership: Marriage | 伴侣 伴侶 | hanryo | bàn lǚ ban lv | ban4 lv3 banlv | ||
| One Who Does Not Do Bad Things, Worries Not of Knocks at His Door | 白天不做亏心事夜半敲门不吃惊 白天不做虧心事夜半敲門不吃驚 | n/a | bái tiān bù zuò kuī xīn shì yè b� n qiāo mén bù chī jīng bai tian bu zuo kui xin shi ye ban qiao men bu chi jing | bai2 tian1 bu4 zuo4 kui1 xin1 shi4 ye4 ban4 qiao1 men2 bu4 chi1 jing1 | ||
| Walking 100 Miles: If you stop at 90 miles, it is the same result as stopping half-way. | 行百里者半九十 行百裡者半九十 | n/a | xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí xing bai li zhe ban jiu shi | xing2 bai3 li3 zhe3 ban4 jiu3 shi2 xingbailizhebanjiushi | ||
| If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why we spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "ban1" listings above. If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich. | ||||||
Some people may refer to this entry as Ban Kanji, Ban Characters, Ban in Chinese Writing, Ban in Japanese Writing, Ban in Asian Writing, Ban Ideograms, Chinese Ban symbols, Ban Hieroglyphics, Ban Glyphs, Ban in Chinese Letters, Ban Hanzi, Ban in Japanese Kanji, Ban Pictograms, Ban in the Chinese Written-Language, or Ban in the Japanese Written-Language.
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