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  • Rant: Don't Butcher Chinese Names Please

16 days later

Ahhhhh. Thank you for writing this! Have you seen The Other Side of A Cultivation Novel? 😦 The main character’s name is Shu QAI. And he gets called Qai.... that’s not even a word/character. I left a rant about it on chapter 3 it’s the most upvoted lol.

    This Tiny Fish brings a question to you, Revered Gramps:
    Have you any better names than Xiao Lang (Little Wolf) to recommend?
    Specifically, for a female child whose's a glutton.
    This Tiny Fish is filled with gratitude (-ω-)ゝ

      yaoyueyi Please help me YaoYueyi. Do these names sound okay?
      - Yang Xinyu
      - Wu Lina (Lina is not a Chinese name. But does it look okay with that last name? Do mixed names exist in Chinese culture?)
      - Zhang Jia
      - Yang Ming-Chang
      - Yang Haobao

      Please don't laugh! :)

          MishaK unless your character is an american born chinese or if they have an english name equivalent, then wu lina is okay. otherwise, nah.
          zhang jia sounds stupid.
          haobao sounds really really stupid.
          not the biggest fan of ming chang but oh well. xinyu is the best. nice name.

              yaoyueyi Did a little research again:

              How are these names:

              • Zhang Guan-yin (Zhang being the last name)
              • Yang Eu-meh
              • Bo Xilai

                  MishaK guanyin is highkey weird bc that's the name of a buddhist goddess. idk if that's what you're going for but that's just weird.
                  eu meh is not even chinese. I have no idea what language that is... maybe korean??
                  xilai is bearable

                      Xiaoyiyi8 what is this name for...?? modern day no... if you wanted some title for a character in a historical fantasy fic... maybe. but really only historical fantasy is the exception.

                          It's for my male character in my historical fantasy novel. oh, so I can use this! Thanks! 😄

                            Xiaoyiyi8 don't use it as an actual name then. use it for a title aka position. this would make a terrible actual name. :grimacing:

                                yaoyueyi I know, I find it's so hard for me to find a decent name for my character 😢 It's hard to solely depend on Google translate

                                    MishaK yeah no. took a brief look and 75% of the names on that site are really really terrible. some aren't even chinese. don't trust it.

                                        yaoyueyi It would be great if someone could suggest an authentic source. I am breaking my head and now pretty confused...

                                            MishaK only authentic source = learn chinese and go on a chinese website with names. honestly. also if you scroll up enough you'll find a post where I posted some chinese names.

                                              yaoyueyi
                                              It's for the actual name of an character, but it would be better if it could ressemble a nickname;
                                              Xiao Lang.
                                              Was this fishy explanation enough?

                                                  This is my apology in advance.
                                                  My novel has more characters with names that I just think of. I have never taken name meanings into consideration but, am sorry because right now I can't change my plot.
                                                  am sorry for using letters to create my own names that sound like Chinese but not.
                                                  Forgive me this once. mostly Chinese who use this site.

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