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Author Message   dragonfly Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 02:43 pm:    Hi, My name is 林佩君 in Chinese. I would like to know how you would spell it out in Romanji. I only know the first one is Hayashi. Could anyone help me please? P.S. This is my first time on this board. What a great place!   Anonymous Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 06:33 pm:    Your family name is Lin. Your given name is either Hai-kun or Bai-kun. "Lin" is read Hayashi for Japanese citizens. As for your given name, you can choose either one that is closer to the correct pronunciation of your name in Chinese -- or whichever is to your personal taste.   dragonfly Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 07:38 pm:    ah.. i meant, I would like to know how to say it in japanese and romanize the japanese version. After dpong a bit research, this is what i found 林 -hayashi 佩 -hai 君 -kimi I need some help putting those together. Anyone?   Anonymous Posted on Friday, April 16, 2004 - 09:36 pm:    The characters you have are read in "on-yomi", which is used only when used as common nouns and in sentences. Most Japanese names are read in "kun-yomi", which is closer to Chinese in pronunciation. Therefore, your name in Japanese is Lin Bai-kun or Lin Hai-kun and no other. Note: I am a native Japanese speaker.