Michelle Kwan (關穎珊 Cantonese: Kwan, Wingshan; Middle Chinese: Kwạn, Wéngshan; Mandarin: Guan Yingshan)
Wingshan 穎珊 is her Cantonese name, literally "sharp coral" or figuratively "the clever, precious one".
Her name illustrates that Cantonese preserves archaic Middle Chinese pronunciations in places where Mandarin has undergone a sound change.
Do you know what's the meaning of Patrick Chan's Chinese name 陈伟群? 陈 is his surname. If I'm not mistaken on the word been used in his Chinese name, 伟群, which is his given name, means "great and outstanding above the crowd".
围裙 = Apron/Skirt
Apron, indeed. But not skirt. Skirt = 裙 or 裙子
Could it mean like a kilt, which very fierce men still wear in many Scottish army regiments as dress uniform?
Could it mean like a kilt, which very fierce men still wear in many Scottish army regiments as dress uniform?