My Chinese Laoshi gave me a Chinese name "玉意" I don't know what it means My Chinese Laoshi gave me a Chinese name &quot;玉意&quot; I don't know what it means.. if anyone knows what my chinese name means... can you please explain to me?? My mandarin is still very limited so I could not ask my Laoshi directly...
玉意, I assume you are female?
There was an actress of the same name in the 50s.
https://baike.baidu.com/item/容玉意
Maybe your Laoshi is a fan.
Anyway, 玉意 could be translated many ways depending on how 玉, (jadeite) is interpreted.
Besides being a semi-precious stone worn as jewellery it is revered by the Chinese, and in their culture jade symbolizes nobility, perfection, constancy, immortality, purity.
&quot;The wise have likened jade to virtue. For them, its polish and brilliancy represent the whole of purity; its perfect compactness and extreme hardness represent the sureness of intelligence; its angles, which do not cut, although they seem sharp, represent justice; the pure and prolonged sound, which it gives forth when one strikes it, represents music&quot; -- 礼记 -- &quot;Book of Rites&quot;, (Zhou dynasty -- 1046 until 771 BC, (周; pinyin: Zhōu)
So Jade is more than a stone. Thus the meaning to be put to 玉 in your name would be nobility, perfection, constancy, immortality, purity. Take your pick.
Finally, 意 too could mean many things or meanings. But let's take the one which, to my mind, (no pun intended), is most suited to combine with 玉, and that is &quot;thought&quot;
So, 玉意 could mean &quot;nobility, perfection, constancy, purity of thought&quot;