Write your name in Chinese characters

Rose Park sixth graders wrote their names in Chinese characters that are pronounced similar to their English names.
What names are these in English?

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ANSWERS:
1.  Sean       2.  Stephanie    3.  Pearce   4.  Rylie

You can try writing your name in Chinese characters with help from this website:

http://chineseculture.about.com/library/name/blname.htm

Did you know that almost 10% of the Montana population was Chinese in 1870?  The Chinese population was almost entirely men.   There were 500-1,000 Chinese miners in Virginia City alone.

Read about the Chinese in Montana, especially Virginia City, at:

http://www.montanakids.com/cool_stories/ghost_towns/chinese.htm

University of Montana archaeologists have discovered Chinese artifacts in German Gulch, a 19th century mining area near Butte.   German Gulch was named for the German miners who discovered gold there in 1864.  By the 1870s, the population was predominately Chinese.  

See the archaeological finds in 3-D!

http://www.cas.umt.edu/germangulch

The British Museum has an excellent website about Ancient China:

http://www.ancientchina.co.uk