Attested Chinese name

琼田 Qióng Tián

Jade fields; a vast, luminous water surface.

Given name: 琼田 Usage: female Era: classical

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Qióng Tián

Character by character

琼
qióng

jade; rare, precious; elegant; (Cant.) to coagulate

田
tián

field, arable land, cultivated

Why it works

琼田 (Qióng Tián) is a classical Chinese given name. 琼 means jade; rare, precious; elegant; (Cant.) to coagulate; 田 means field, arable land, cultivated. It comes from Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci, where the text reads “念奴嬌·過洞庭:玉鑑瓊田三萬頃” — A jade mirror and jade fields, thirty thousand acres. It is rare and radiant. It is a literary name rather than a common modern choice; check the full name aloud with your surname.

Sound

The pinyin is Qióng Tián. Say it slowly, then at normal speed. If a tone feels difficult, practice the syllable alone before putting the full name together. A Chinese speaker will usually understand an imperfect tone in context, but the closer you get, the more natural the name feels.

How to introduce it

“My Chinese name is 琼田. 琼 — jade; rare, precious; elegant; (Cant.) to coagulate; 田 — field, arable land, cultivated.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李琼田 (Lǐ Qióng Tián), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

Source

Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci · 念奴嬌·過洞庭:玉鑑瓊田三萬頃

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