文生 (Wénshēng): Vincent (male given name, Chinese transliteration)

Meanings

1 Vincent (male given name, Chinese transliteration)
2 Wensheng (Chinese given name)

Characters

文

Wén

culture, writing, literary

生

shēng

life, to be born, student

Examples

文生是荷兰画家梵高的中文译名之一。

Wénshēng shì Hélán huàjiā Fàngāo de Zhōngwén yìmíng zhī yī.

Wensheng (Vincent) is one of the Chinese renderings of the Dutch painter Van Gogh's first name.

他叫文生，是我们的新同事。

Tā jiào Wénshēng, shì wǒmen de xīn tóngshì.

His name is Wensheng — he's our new colleague.

Tips

usage

文生 can be used both as a Chinese given name (with positive connotations: 文 culture/writing, 生 life/student) and as a phonetic rendering of the English name 'Vincent.' Vincent Van Gogh is sometimes referred to as 文生·梵高 in Chinese media.