There are actually sites that give male and female names in both the character and the pinyin form. They give the meanings and it can be pretty useful for making names. Suggest this site to any who visit here as well
https://www.behindthename.com/names/gender/masculine/usage/chinese
UnjustlyUnderpaid the problem is, you can't just mix and match them, because a lot of times, they'll end up with nonsensical names like... idk, 太伟 which means "very great" according to the site, a seemingly good name for someone but actually is the name of a hotel in China. I guess you could make it work if you tried hard enough, but only relying on that site is not a good idea. it's similar to the fact that you can't put together any letter in the alphabet together to form a name in English (or any other language for that matter)
there are also characters on that site that are barely used in names.
I also feel like the site enforces the fact you only need to include one character for a character's name (e.g. the Lu Han example above), so overall, I wouldn't say that's the best reference but considerably decent?
Yeah you shouldn’t rely on the site and should do some personal research as well, but sites like that can help a bit. Better than someone just making up a Chinese sounding name from out of nowhere
UnjustlyUnderpaid true true, I feel like a lot of people just put together random letters and think that it sounds "Chinese" haha
yaoyueyi
And I swear they aren’t even trying when something like... Ching Chong, pops up. Like really? Really?!
UnjustlyUnderpaid omg I haven't seen that before but that's honestly sad
yaoyueyi we don’t talk about that one...
UnjustlyUnderpaid
"Ching Chong" reminds me of this song :)
Okay, help, how stupid does "Jia Hui Liang" sound? She's only really used in the first chapter, I just needed her name to have THAT exact meaning (which I found on some site...)
That's a pretty interesting info dump, thanks.
王浩 it's translation is Wáng Hào can you explain me the meaning of this name properly?
MarcheHare 王/Wang is generally a last name, but if it was part of his first name, Wang means royalty, generally referring to a king. 浩/Hao in its literal meaning is that water levels are very high, but when it is used in names, it typically means a very accepting/kind/gracious person. Typically, both characters are used for a male name, and it's a decent name with the meaning of someone with great power but is still considerate to others.
yaoyueyi Umm, I used a Chinese name Li Qiu ( so when people first read it do they think of autum or courage? )
Overlord_Venus what's Li? is that his last name? because if you just give me that, it feels like Li is his last name, and the corresponding Chinese character is 李. Qiu definitely makes me think of autumn (秋), and 李秋/Li Qiu is a bit strange of a name because I'm not a fan of only having the seasons in the name. If Li was not your last name, and by courage, you mean 力/Li (which, just so you know, doesn't mean courage... it means strength. like physical strength), that's even stranger of a name, since that, in the literal tense, means autumn power. I would definitely prefer 李秋 (last name, then qiu) over 力秋. (both first name characters)
hope that makes sense; though my answer is a little unclear because I don't know the exact characters you're using.
yaoyueyi thanks for that information
yaoyueyi I always write it as "Li Qiu" literally ( since I'm not from Chinese origins, that was the best I could infer from Google translate 
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