Name Translation

[unique grotto]

I was born in China but got adopted abd moved to Canada so never really had a chance to learn.

This was the name that was given to me. Someone told me what it was and at the time I had a difficult time hearing and remembering. Last part was somethinf like sharp or something??? Also appearently it is a fairly masculine name?

[twilit crystal]

广天锋

广 is a pretty rare surname. It means wide/expansive

天锋 is a pretty masculine-sounding name, yes. 天 is heaven/sky. 锋 is the edge of a blade or the tip of something that tapers to a point, metaphorically a vanguard

天锋 in the sense of 'celestial speartip' was also an archaic name for the tip of the Big Dipper (the part that curves)

[unique grotto]

Huh interesting ok. I remember the person kinda rambled on about uh... like strong or something with feng? is that a part of it?

[unique grotto]

how metaphorically a vanguard?

[twilit crystal]

锋 is used in words like 前锋 and 先锋, both meaning vanguard. The character is commonly associated with military stuff. As for strength, it can have that connotation in a word like 锋芒, which means the cutting edge or sharp tip of a blade, but metaphorically power/capabilities. Sort of similar to how in English, you might say "you haven't lost your edge" to mean someone is still skilled/etc

[unique grotto]

Ohhh I see ok

Thank you so much!

[void python]

Note that since 广(Guang) is a very rare surname, it might imply your place of born to be 广州(Guangzhou, a city in south China) or 广东(Guangdong, the province Guangzhou belongs to)

[unique grotto]

That is true yes, I wasn born in Guangzhou actually haha

[twilit crystal]

hmmm, then you might be Cantonese, in which case the name would be pronounced gwong2 (rising) tin1 (high flat) fung1 (high flat), which is not very different from the Mandarin version

[devout harbor]

su qianyun here, do you want a heavenly bull?

[unique grotto]

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[tranquil cedar]

it might be 广 (traditional) too, just saying

[fossil igloo]

Ohhh, Tian-Feng. Nice name!