Chinese name pronunciation

Koalaboy said:
No Hakka ?! :p

(Admittedly I fail at all of them - One day I'll get the hang of the tones)
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I have no old grannies to learn or speak to in Hakka, so no chance on learning and practising :)

aardvark said:
shouldn't it be more like:
she an jee??
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Even when assuming it's a 3 character name, Xi is never pronounced as a 'sh'. It's "See", almost like 'yes' in Spanish, with a shorter end tone.
 
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Mr Jones said:
I have no old grannies to learn or speak to in Hakka, so no chance on learning and practising :)
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Heh - I'll let my wife know (she'd also add Malay to the list, but that's because she's Chinese Malaysian, with family in Singapore).

The biggest problem we have, is her English name is 'May' - as in the month - but everyone tends to write it as 'Mai' because they think that's how it should be as she's Chinese :rolleyes:

(and it would be Mae)
 
Ah yes... the 'is that your Chinese name' scenario.
I get that look when my name is mentioned in public...
@Dentist, the nursed called out "Colin Jones" and the only orient in the room stood up and say "yes?" gathered quite a few puzzled looks in Hull.
 
With Xianji being two syllables, won't that be his forename? So it's like calling someone here Mr. Steve. What is his surname, OP?
 
Burnsy2023 said:
I have issues about English people not trying to use their proper names. It just seems lazy and IMO, verging on offensive.
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My wife doesn't bother to tell people her chinese name because nobody pronounces it correctly. Always gives out an English name straight off the bat.

xianji - see an jee (jee like jeep)

although chinese x is 'in between' our s and our sh, it's more towards s than sh imo.
 
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