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  • Rant: Don't Butcher Chinese Names Please

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.

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              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.

                    Author_Shizu male/female lead are fine!
                    chen mian sounds like leftover noodles.
                    melian is highkey super super weird.
                    shanguan sounds like flashing glowing stuff.
                    hualing is okay.
                    lui chao is not chinese.
                    liling is fine.
                    lin min just looks weird.
                    hao jin is male.
                    baiyuan is cute!

                    chyngun is not chinese
                    xhi yuan is not chinese
                    yuhan is great!
                    jiangou sounds like 江藕 river lotus root or 贱狗 b*tch dog depending on how you look at it.
                    li quang sounds okay.
                    li guang sounds okay.
                    lui zhang, is again, not chinese.
                    li futong is okay.
                    wang zhihao is okay.

                    Hi... Again. 😂Can you please check on these names? I just want to make sure they're good to use.

                    Male:
                    Lu Peizhi
                    Lu Xiaoming
                    Xia Bolin
                    Xia Jianfeng
                    Xia Liqin
                    Feng Huiqing
                    Feng Ning
                    Chen Xian
                    Ren Shiyuan
                    Zi Lin
                    Lin Jinhao
                    Hu Duyi
                    Ning Chenyu
                    Song Wuming
                    Tang Guiren
                    Zhou Honghui
                    Zhou Jiayi
                    Bai Nianzu

                    Female:
                    Xiao Linwen
                    Lu Xingyan
                    Lu Weichun
                    Yang Sining
                    Yang Biqi
                    Xia Mengjie
                    Wang Min
                    Rong Yueming
                    Fan Keer
                    Ye Zi

                      Odd thing to rant about to me, idc how it sounds in Chinese aslong as it doesn't look stupid to English readers who don't know Chinese.

                        Mute yeah, but it's more of like a thing that if you write about something/some culture, you should at least do some research to represent it correctly. it's a sign of ignorance to be like "oh that sounds like chinese yipee". & proper naming is also a way of preventing stereotypes from being formed.

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