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  • Rant: Don't Butcher Chinese Names Please

Chryiss oh oof I just looked at the synopsis & a character of an unpublished work of mine is named yi meng T_T

Suggestion: Maybe use famous Chinese names except change around the surnames.

    BlueRhapsody There’s a Bing Bing in a different story as well c: I think using celebrity names but changing the surname doesn’t do much Bc most people can tell when you’re trying to use a celebrity name, but maybe using 1-2 of the characters would work 🤷‍♀️

      Is it alright to name a person as pine tree? Like qing song?

        Hi! Sorry for bothering you again, but what do you think of the name Ye Chen Yuan and what does it translate to? I'm hoping it fits for the character I'm writing. Thank you so so much again!

          Hi! I'm here again for question 😂 May I use Li Hua, Gu Jichen and Tan Luo as male names? 😊

            BerriApplepi li hua is a female name??
            I can't say that gu jichen is my favorite. there's something about it that's offputting... it's so-so I guess
            tan luo is just like jichen.... so-so

              chonnie that's not bad.
              I don't know what it translates to. you see here, numerous chinese characters share the same pinyin form. just 'ye' itself could be 叶 (leaf), 夜 (night), or 葉 (leaf 2)

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                What about these names?
                Huli Zhi (Male)
                Jie Cheng (Male)
                Jian Li (Male)
                Bai Ling (Female, might have asked about this one already)
                Li Heng (Male, Demonic character)

                  yaoyueyi ok. Any suggestions for a scholarly, intelligent characters (instead of Jian Li)?
                  I ran a name I thought of through Google translate and it worked out how I wanted it.
                  Does Shen Jianting sound good? If not, what part sounds off

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