Attested Chinese name

渔郎 Yú Láng

A fisherman; a figure from a riverside memory.

Given name: 渔郎 Usage: male Era: classical

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Yú Láng

Character by character

渔
yú

to fish; seize; pursue; surname

郎
láng

gentleman, young man; husband

Why it works

渔郎 (Yú Láng) is a classical Chinese given name. 渔 means to fish; seize; pursue; surname; 郎 means gentleman, young man; husband. It comes from Song Ci Sanbaishou (宋詞三百首) / Three Hundred Song Ci, where the text reads “蘇幕遮·燎沉香:五月漁郎相憶否” — Does the fisherman remember me in the fifth month? It is rustic and warm. It is a literary name rather than a common modern choice; check the full name aloud with your surname.

Sound

The pinyin is Yú Láng. 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 渔郎. 渔 — to fish; seize; pursue; surname; 郎 — gentleman, young man; husband.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李渔郎 (Lǐ Yú Láng), 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 · 蘇幕遮·燎沉香:五月漁郎相憶否

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