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荷兰泰拳 is the Chinese title for “Muay Thai Netherlands.”
This literally means “Netherlands Thai Fist” or “Holland Thai Fist” and is pronounced like “Hollan[d] Tai Chuan” in Chinese.
The word in Chinese for Netherlands is a transliteration of Holland. I know Holland includes the southern provinces of the Netherlands only, but in Chinese, this is the only name for the whole country.
林 is the Chinese character for the surname Lim.
The meaning is small forest.
林 is a surname in many dialects but with varying romanizations:
Lín (Mandarin)
Lam, Lum, Lem (Cantonese)
Hayashi (Japanese)
Lim (Thai)
Lâm (Vietnamese)
Ling (Eastern Min, Northern Min, Wu Chinese)
Lim, Liem (Min Nan or Hokkien, Teochew, Korean, Taiwanese Minnan, Indonesian)
This is the long or more formal version of this title
觀世音 is the longer and perhaps more formal title for the Buddhist deity known as the Goddess of Mercy or Bodhisattva of Compassion.
The longer title of this bodhisattva is Romanized in the following ways:
Mandarin Chinese: Guanshi Yin, Kuan-shih Yin.
Japanese: Kanzeon.
Sanskrit: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.
Korean: Gwan-se-eum.
Vietnamese: Quan Thế Âm.
Thai: Prah Mae Kuan Eim.
English: Bodhisattva of Mercy and Salvation, Goddess of Compassion, Buddha of Mercy, et al.
Please view our more common and shorter version, “Guan Yin” before you make a decision. Also, note that the first character has a slight variation in Japanese. If your audience is specifically Japanese, you may want to select that version.
觀音/観音 is the Buddhist deity known as the Goddess of Mercy or Bodhisattva of Compassion.
In Chinese, the proper name of this being is Guan Yin. There is some debate as to whether Guan Yin is female. The argument comes from some scripture that suggests Buddhist deities take on the male form. Others say that Guan Yin has no sex. And still, others are okay with the female representation of Guan Yin.
This bodhisattva is also known or Romanized in the following ways:
Mandarin Chinese: Guan Yin, Kuan Yin, Kwan Yin.
Japanese: Kannon, Kwannon.
Sanskrit: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.
Korean: Gwan-eum.
Vietnamese: Quan Âm.
Thai: Kuan Eim.
English: Bodhisattva of Mercy and Salvation, Goddess of Compassion, Buddha of Mercy, et al.
Note: The first character has a slight variation in Japanese. If your audience is specifically Japanese, you may want to select that version.
See Also: Buddhism | Goddess | Namo Amitabha | Bodhisattva
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Thai search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
泰拳 see styles |
tài quán tai4 quan2 t`ai ch`üan tai chüan |
More info & calligraphy: Muay Thai |
ムエタイ see styles |
muetai ムエタイ |
More info & calligraphy: Muay Thai |
他信 see styles |
tā xìn ta1 xin4 t`a hsin ta hsin tashin |
Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 having faith in other |
冬蔭 冬荫 see styles |
dōng yīn dong1 yin1 tung yin |
(loanword) tom yum (Thai soup) |
帕能 see styles |
pà néng pa4 neng2 p`a neng pa neng |
phanaeng (also spelled "panang") (type of Thai curry) (loanword) |
打拋 打抛 see styles |
dǎ pāo da3 pao1 ta p`ao ta pao |
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) (loanword from Thai "kaphrao") (used as an attributive in the names of Thai-style "phat kaphrao" dishes to indicate that the main ingredient is stir-fried with basil, as in 打拋豬|打抛猪[da3 pao1 zhu1], stir-fried pork with basil) |
泰式 see styles |
tài shì tai4 shi4 t`ai shih tai shih |
Thai-style (of food, massage etc) |
泰文 see styles |
tài wén tai4 wen2 t`ai wen tai wen yoshifumi よしふみ |
Thai (language) (personal name) Yoshifumi |
泰語 泰语 see styles |
tài yǔ tai4 yu3 t`ai yü tai yü taigo たいご |
Thai (language) Siamese (language); Thai |
泰銖 泰铢 see styles |
tài zhū tai4 zhu1 t`ai chu tai chu |
Thai baht |
タイ人 see styles |
taijin タイじん |
Thai; person from Thailand |
タイ族 see styles |
taizoku タイぞく |
Thai (people) |
タイ語 see styles |
taigo タイご |
Thai (language) |
冬蔭功 冬荫功 see styles |
dōng yīn gōng dong1 yin1 gong1 tung yin kung |
(loanword) tom yum goong (Thai soup) |
宋干節 宋干节 see styles |
sòng gān jié song4 gan1 jie2 sung kan chieh |
Songkran (Thai New Year festival) |
成泰帝 see styles |
taintaitei / taintaite タインタイてい |
(person) Thành Thái (1879.3.14-1954.3.24; Emperor of Vietnam 1889-1907) |
暹羅語 暹罗语 see styles |
xiān luó yǔ xian1 luo2 yu3 hsien lo yü |
Siamese (Thai) language |
潑水節 泼水节 see styles |
pō shuǐ jié po1 shui3 jie2 p`o shui chieh po shui chieh |
Songkran (Thai New Year) |
豬腳飯 猪脚饭 see styles |
zhū jiǎo fàn zhu1 jiao3 fan4 chu chiao fan |
pork-leg rice – either a Guangdong (Chaozhou-Shantou) specialty of braised pork leg over rice or the Thai-Chinese dish "khao kha mu" |
阿梨樹 阿梨树 see styles |
ā lí shù a1 li2 shu4 a li shu ariju ありじゅ |
(1) Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum) (san: arjaka); common basil; (2) {Buddh} tree whose branches are said to split into seven pieces upon falling (or 阿棃樹) arjaka, ? Ocymum pilosum, a tree with white scented flowers, said to fall in seven parts, like an epidendrum, styled also 頞杜迦曼折利 (? 頞杜社迦曼折利). |
高良薑 高良姜 see styles |
gāo liáng jiāng gao1 liang2 jiang1 kao liang chiang |
Thai ginger; lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga) |
シャム語 see styles |
shamugo シャムご |
(dated) (See タイ語) Siamese (language); Thai |
タイスキ see styles |
taisuki タイスキ |
Thai suki; suki; Thai hotpot |
タイ料理 see styles |
tairyouri / tairyori タイりょうり |
Thai food |
はったい see styles |
pattai パッタイ |
pad thai (tha:); phat thai; phad thai; Thai rice noodle dish |
吉蘭丹州 吉兰丹州 see styles |
jí lán dān zhōu ji2 lan2 dan1 zhou1 chi lan tan chou |
Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁[Ge1 da3 ba1 lu3] |
吉蘭丹河 吉兰丹河 see styles |
jí lán dān hé ji2 lan2 dan1 he2 chi lan tan ho |
Kelantan River of Malaysia, near Thai border |
泰緬鉄道 see styles |
taimentetsudou / taimentetsudo たいめんてつどう |
Thai-Burma Railway |
インラック see styles |
inrakku インラック |
(person) Yingluck Shinawatra, Thai Prime Minister (2011-) |
タイグエン see styles |
taiguen タイグエン |
(place-name) Thai Nguyen (Vietnam) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Muay Thai | ムエタイ | mue tai / muetai | ||
| Muay Thai | 泰拳 | tài quán / tai4 quan2 / tai quan / taiquan | t`ai ch`üan / taichüan / tai chüan | |
| Muay Thai Netherlands | 荷蘭泰拳 荷兰泰拳 | hé lán tài quán he2 lan2 tai4 quan2 he lan tai quan helantaiquan | ho lan t`ai ch`üan holantaichüan ho lan tai chüan |
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| Lim | 林 | lín / lin2 / lin | ||
| Goddess of Mercy and Compassion | 觀世音 观世音 | guān shì yīn guan1 shi4 yin1 guan shi yin guanshiyin | kuan shih yin kuanshihyin |
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| Goddess of Mercy and Compassion | 觀音 / 観音 观音 | kan non / kannon | guān yīn / guan1 yin1 / guan yin / guanyin | kuan yin / kuanyin |
| 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. | ||||
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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.
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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.
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