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  • Rant: Don't Butcher Chinese Names Please

yaoyueyi
This Fish thinks he can make it do.
Also, are these good?
Wind Little Night (Feng Xiaoye)
Jade Little Wind (Yu Xiao Feng)
Don't mind the Xiao's, they just sound nice and This Fish can't think of anything to replace them.

    BeyondBreaking

    okay: bai li, da yuan, fan tong, jia yan, mo tian, shi qigang, wei tao, yue su, zhao fei, yue yong
    not okay: ju dun, khu bei, zhao kufei

    suggestion: Mo Bingxi 慕冰熙 or Leng Chenyu 冷尘宇

      DaddyFishGotBigPp xiao just makes me think of a kid. people generally don't use them in names unless they're nicknames because people can outgrow them. unless you're talking about really short people... that might work.

        My story is set in modern day Chengdu. Hence,most of the characters are Chinese. Their names are: Gu Ren(male) ,Wang Xiu(female), Zhang Wei(male), Liu Ren(male), Li Wei(male).Please tell me whether these names make sense as all mandarin I know is by watching CN dramas. A little help will be appreciated,

          I'm sorry to bother again, but I was wondering what you would think of these names? And if you don't mind, which one seems to be the best out of these? Thank you so much in advance :heart:

          Potential names for a male lead in a new book:
          Yang Yuhan
          Lu Yuehao
          Wang Tianmin
          Hu Tianluo
          Wang Lutian
          Zheng Minyue

          Already a name for male lead in my current book, but still curious about it lol:
          Wen Jinkai

            Xincerely no to tianmin and tianluo. tianluo makes me think of田螺 aka river snail. minyue makes me think of 民乐 aka folk music so no to that either. it also looks really feminine.

            out of that list, my favorite is yuhan. solds like cold jade which is really poetic.

            jinkai... I don't know how I feel about that honestly LMAO

              yaoyueyi omg now that you mention it, tianluo does make me think of that too LMAOO XD

              will definitely use yuhan then, thank you so much~

              (if you don't mind me asking, but what's wrong with jinkai? o.o)

                I'm bad with chinese names. Could anyone give me a really manly name? I'm trying to make an unfortunate female Chinese character who got a guy name cause her parents really wanted a son. >3</

                  Xincerely well... jinkai is just like one of those names that you know it's chinese but it doesn't look like chinese?? i don't know how to explain it but it almost looks japanese?? :joy: but if I were to think of the chinese character equivalents, I would think open gold and that sounds kinda weird. but I guess it's not the worst thing. though it's still pretty strange. so that's why I have so much mixed feelings about jinkai haha.

                    90751052

                    a list of super manly names...

                    for when your female characters are named after men...

                    or when you want a manly name for your male character.

                    both work.

                    辉轩 Huixuan: splendid, glorious, whatnot.
                    高远 Gaoyuan: high achievements for the future. your kid will end up super successful and brilliant.
                    弘琪 Hongqi: great jade. because jade is great, so your kids should be named after it. flawless, elegant, and perfect.
                    世元 Shiyuan: you're completing the earth here.
                    圣君 Shengjun: holy man. super cool.
                    仁杰 Renjie. humane and heroic. getting in all your "h" adjectives here.
                    展天 Zhantian: extending across the skies.
                    博云 Boyun: rich and clouds. now, clouds may not sound great, but it actually means that your kid is way up high above the top, so they're literally up high in the clouds and viewing the world from there. aka success.
                    浩强 Haoqiang: great and strong.
                    君旭 Junxu: like the sun, just an amazing kid.
                    云龙 Yunlong: literally the most basic name you'll ever find. clouds and dragons. both great stuff.
                    世明 Shiming: he who understands the world
                    福来 Fulai: fortune come to me
                    昊磊 Haolei: vast and almighty.
                    远胜 Yuansheng: winning others by 1092481082%
                    风涛 Fengtao: great waves of wind.
                    哲诚 Zhecheng: wise and honest.
                    浩秉 Haobing: vast mountains.

                      Directory of Names

                      yaoyueyi General Female Names

                      yaoyueyi Manly Male Names

                      You all can tell me what other categories/lists you want me to make and I'll make more lists?
                      also added this directory to the foreword so you all can reference it any time.

                        yaoyueyi I seriously need your help.
                        My names are following. If anyone is wrong, please tell me.
                        Li Luxian-Male Lead
                        Chen Feng-Female Lead

                        Females

                        Chen Mian
                        Xi Melian
                        Li Shanguan
                        Wang Huailing
                        Lui Chao
                        Fu Liling
                        Lin min
                        Hao Jin
                        Li Bai Yuan

                        Males

                        Xu Chyngun
                        Xhi Yuan
                        Li Yuhan
                        Fu Jiangou
                        Li Quang
                        Li Guang
                        Lui Zhang
                        Li Fu Tong
                        Wang Zhihao

                        I can't the fck know which one is a male and which one is female. So if any of these names is weird or wrong then do enlighten me.

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