Appendix B
Glossary of Terms
Miscellaneous Common Terms
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- lhìng-mīng 姓名
- full name; family name and given
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- pîk-hô 別號
- the name by which he is generally known
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- sì-miāng 書名
- the name given when one is being a student
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- pîk-toô 別字
- courtesy name
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- fà-miāng* 花名
- nick name
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- ngooị̄-miāng* 乳名
- the name given in one's childhood
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- nīng-lhooì (lhooì) 年歲
- age (how old)
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- yiāng-lîk 陽曆
- solar calendar
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- yìm-lîk 陰曆
- lunar calendar
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- saàng-ngît 生日
- date of birth
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- tîk-kòn 籍貫
- place of birth; original home town
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- Hoī-Saàng 台山
- (a) name of a district in Kwantung Province (one of the four districts)
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