the ocean — vastness and open heart · Majestic and auspicious symbol of power
大海,胸怀宽广 · 尊贵祥瑞,气度不凡
93.4Name score
水Elements
Theme: nature · strength · classic · unique
What each character carries 逐字小传
Not a dictionary entry: what the character has meant in Chinese names, with the
original line it comes from. Every quotation below is matched character-for-character against a
versioned corpus shipped with this site. Where a page names a character's origin, that line is
our own paraphrase of the standard dictionaries — it is not a quotation, and it carries no
book title for that reason.
If a gentleman is careful and does not slip, and treats others with courtesy, then within the four seas all men are his brothers.
论语 · 颜渊篇· our translation
The four seas are not geography but a way of saying "everywhere". Do it properly and there are no outsiders.
「四海」不是地理,是把范围放到最大的一种说法:做到了敬与恭,就没有「外人」。
有本者不竭Full because it has a source
盈科而后进,放乎四海,有本者如是。
It fills every hollow before moving on, and reaches the four seas — that is what having a source looks like.
孟子 · 離婁下· our translation
Water fills each hollow before it moves on, which is why it reaches the sea. Mencius uses it for having a source: only what is fed goes far.
水先把路上的坑洼注满再往前走,所以最后能到海。孟子用它讲「有本」——有源头的东西才走得远。
名声远播A name that carries
名声若日,照四海只。
A name like the sun, lighting the four seas.
楚辞 · 大招· our translation
From a summoning song: renown compared to the sun over the four seas. More concrete than "vast" — it means being known.
《大招》里的招魂辞,用「日照四海」形容名声之大。这一层比「辽阔」更具体:是被人知道。
海纳百川四海沧海海川海宁海清海岳望海
In a name
Capacity rather than drama: everything can come in, and it does not become agitated.
Mandarin is tonal: the same letters said on a different pitch are a different
word. The line below is the pitch you actually travel while saying the name.
hǎiT3 · lóngT2
Toneshǎi dips then rises, lóng rising
If you don't speak Chinese
Every syllable has a close English equivalent — nothing here is hard to say.
Is it a real name? 有多真
We checked it against a corpus of 1,142,000 real Chinese names — this is not a
combination invented for the page.
The pair 「龙」
appears in 404 real names
The corpus describes how many people are actually called this. It is
never used to judge whether a name is good.
How this score is built 评分怎么来的
Five dimensions, each scored independently. Every bar below is a real
computed value — the same rule set that generated the candidate list, not a separate
"premium" model.
Meaning & imagery30.0/30
Sound22.9/25
Naturalness19.5/20
Name + surname11.0/15
Writing10.0/10
How people will actually call you 别人会怎么叫你
A Chinese name is almost never used in full. In daily life it gets a prefix, a suffix, or is cut to the given name alone — and which one you get tells you how close the person thinks they are to you.
海龙Full name. Documents, a first introduction, anyone who is not yet a friend.
小海 / 老海Surname with a size prefix — 小 (little) for someone younger or junior, 老 (old) for a colleague who is senior. This is how a Chinese office usually separates two people with the same surname.
海哥 / 海姐Surname + ‘brother’/‘sister’. Warm without being intimate — a shopkeeper, a neighbour, or a colleague a few years older than you.
龙Given name on its own. Family and close friends. An elder using just this is affectionate, not curt.
Patterns, not rules: what you are called depends on your age, the relationship, and the region. In the south you will also hear 阿 + given name between friends.
FAQ 常见问题
How do I say 海龙?
hǎi lóng. Tones: hǎi dips then rises, lóng rising.
What does it mean?
海 — the ocean — vastness and open heart; 龙 — Majestic and auspicious symbol of power
Is it a real, usable name?
The pair "龙" appears in 404 of 1,142,000 real Chinese names.
Read together
the sea · dragon — taken as one scene rather than three separate definitions.
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