Posted by
GMACP
13 yrs ago
Trying to think of names that sound almost identical in English and Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) and that make sense.
The best I have come up with so far is:
Lee Kitchen (English name) = Lee Kit-chen (Canto name)
Unfortunately I found out Kit-chen/possibly Kit-chun is a female ming so it doesn't match the male English name.
Another one that might work is:
Guy Carson = Gai Ka-sun
Apparently the Chinese version makes sense but the ming is not very natural.
As you can see we are limited to monosyllabic first names in English that sound like Chinese xing, and English surnames of two syllables that sound like Chinese ming!
Let me know your ideas!
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GMACP
13 yrs ago
One for a Spaniard!
Juan Julio (Spanish) = Huang Hu-liu (Mandarin)
Not sure about that ming though...
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GMACP
13 yrs ago
Sorry, to clarify - xing is pinyin in Mandarin for surname; ming means familiar name. So in the name Hu Jintao, Hu = surname/xing, Jintao = familiar name/ming.
So he is politely called 'Mr Hu', and known to friends as 'my dear Jintao'.
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190k
12 yrs ago
Years ago in the old telephone directory there was a name and I am serious "SHIT Wai-ping".
There is a name on the up to date list "SHIT For" imagine that name on a tennis score board before he/she won a point SHIT For nothing???????
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I went to school with a Wayne Kerr.
nothign to do with the above thread... just wanted to share.
=)
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190k
12 yrs ago
There was a guy in my class called Harris Chin say that with a local accent. Never needed a razor
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