Wentong Syhhae 文通四海 = “Reach out to the world through writing” (sounds much more elegant in Chinese). I chose this name because I speak multiple languages and I am eager to continue learning more. This name is a Classical Chinese phrase, a very compact and elegant way of expressing oneself that allows the writer to say a great many things with only a few words.

文 Wen “writing”
通 Tong “reach, communicate”
四 Syh “four”
海 Hae “seas”

This name is spelled using GR Tonal Spelling, the first official Chinese government romanization (AKA National Phonetic Symbols, version 2 國音字母第二式, 國語羅馬字 promulgated in 1928), a romanized version of China’s first alphabet, Bopomofo (AKA zhuyin, or National Phonetic Symbols, version 1 國音字母第一式 promulgated in 1918).

In the GR system, each rhyme 韻母 is spelled differently, depending on the tone. Here are the relevant spellings (highlighted in green) for my Steemit name:

Two previous blogposts with minor errors:

Basis For My Steemit Nickname

文通四海 :為何選這個外號
https://steemit.com/cn/@wentong-syhhae/basis-for-my-steemit-nickname

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The “Four Seas”, A Common Classical Chinese Allusion

「四海之内皆兄弟也」押韻講解
https://steemit.com/cn/@wentong-syhhae/the-four-seas-a-common-classical-chinese-allusion

The “Four Seas” is an allusion to a passage in the 論語 Analects of Confucius 12.5 顏淵 Yan Yuan:

司馬牛憂曰：「人皆有兄弟，我獨亡。」
Symaa Niou sadly stated:
“Of brothers all have one,
only I have none.”

子夏曰：「商聞之矣：
死生有命，富貴在天。
君子敬而無失，與人恭而有禮。」
Tzyy Shiah answered. It is said:
“Life and death depend on fate,
for wealth and honor we only wait.”

君子敬而無失，與人恭而有禮。
Gentlemen are unfailingly polite,
courteous to all and without slight.

四海之內，皆兄弟也。君子何患乎無兄弟也？」
Should a gentlemen imagine he lacks brothers?
All within the Four Seas are his brothers!

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Who I am:

https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@wentong-syhhae/enthusiastic-intp-polyglot