Rant: Don't Butcher Chinese Names Please
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I really like you. I do. I've been thinking of making a book of my own for sometime now and I'm here about ask if there's a person who would like to work with me as an editor since English is not my first language and also someone who have interest in joining me and share ideas and guide me throughout the making of the said book. But got distract and i found this is interesting. Yes if you already realise it im trying to rope you in. Muahahaaha. But really I do have that kind of intentions but don't mind me. I'm just here to rant a bit. Ehehe ptehehe. I love how you criticise. So straightforward but i love it. I have always do the same. Oh yeah, are you a famous figure in here ? Someone popular ?
Kuro_Usagi_ not interested in editing as of right now, sorry!
as for whether or not I'm famous, I would say... no? lmao
yaoyueyi hehe that's totally fine with me. Thanks anyway.
Chryiss depends on what characters each one have. in chinese, there are tones, so numerous word can be "xia" in pinyin form but all have different sounds (or in some cases, the same sound) but different meanings.
now that i'm thinking about it some more, xiaxue is kinda weird because it kinda means falling snow/snowing
so I like xiayue better, which based on my interpretations, could be 夏月, or summer moon
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yaoyueyi (Back at it again with the names lol sorry XD)
was curious about what you think of Linhua?
And which surname sounds better with it?
Lu Linhua
Chen Linhua
Luo Linhua
Shen Linhua
And which surname sounded better with Lifei? Was originally gonna put Bai, but that household is pretty evil in my other book lolol
Tang Lifei
Zhang Lifei
Zhao Lifei
Does Lifei sound better or Linhua sound better for a modern novel? Was talking to my mom a bit about names and she jokingly said that no one in the 21st century would name their child with "hua" in their name anymore and I kinda panicked lmao XD
Thank you in advance!
Errr what about Bai Ling for a name? Meant to be a rather pure character and (Eastern Fantasy book) she cultivates the Dao of Samsara, so very much related to the soul.
WorstNameEver sounds cool
yaoyueyi Thanks.
Hello, I named my FMC by the name Duan Mulan. Is it okay ? I try to search for the meaning. It says, Mulan is a certain flower called Lily Magnolia.
Kuro_Usagi_ makes me think of hua mulan (or commonly known as the disney princess mulan) but okay
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Can I borrow the experts opinion on two Chinese names I came up with relying on a dictionary and extensive history reading Chinese names in novels? It is for my weekly contest entry, specifically chapter 4 & 5, and would prefer they were nice names that anyone fluent in Chinese wouldn't snort at... It would probably be easiest to understand the context I aimed for if you have a look at the chapter in question.
https://www.webnovel.com/book/13045358106519305
Aimed for an English -> Chinese homonym kind of name:
Yasmin White -> Bai Yuemin
Yasmin's son -> Bai Haojie
Oh, and yes, please do offer any better alternatives if you have them.
Thank you 
yaoyueyi yeah. It sounds nice. So I named her after the Disney princess. Hehee. Thanks BTW.
