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This is another way that Xavier can be transliterated into Chinese. Neither way is right or wrong. This is just a tough name because there is no sound in Chinese like an initial X in a word.
If you are wondering, when you see a Romanized Chinese word with an X, it is actually pronounced more like SH but with your tongue at the bottom of your mouth. It's kind of a weird convention of Romanizing Chinese.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Xavier | 柴維耶 柴维耶 | chái wéi yé chai2 wei2 ye2 chai wei ye chaiweiye | ch`ai wei yeh chaiweiyeh chai wei yeh |
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Xavier | ゼイヴィア | zeivia | ||
Xavier | 塞維爾 塞维尔 | sài wéi ěr sai4 wei2 er3 sai wei er saiweier | sai wei erh saiweierh |
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Xavier | 澤維爾 泽维尔 | zé wéi ěr ze2 wei2 er3 ze wei er zeweier | tse wei erh tseweierh |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my 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.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
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.
Some people may refer to this entry as Xavier Kanji, Xavier Characters, Xavier in Mandarin Chinese, Xavier Characters, Xavier in Chinese Writing, Xavier in Japanese Writing, Xavier in Asian Writing, Xavier Ideograms, Chinese Xavier symbols, Xavier Hieroglyphics, Xavier Glyphs, Xavier in Chinese Letters, Xavier Hanzi, Xavier in Japanese Kanji, Xavier Pictograms, Xavier in the Chinese Written-Language, or Xavier in the Japanese Written-Language.