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As much as I love this site for names, it's really lacking in the Chinese / Japanese name department, and while I've found a bunch of resources for Japanese names and know quite a bit about them anyway, I'm struggling in the Chinese department.
I've got a good group of Chinese characters I'm going to be naming soon, and I want to make sure the names are accurate and would sound nice in actual Chinese ! Anyone have any links / tips ?? Thanks !
I've got a good group of Chinese characters I'm going to be naming soon, and I want to make sure the names are accurate and would sound nice in actual Chinese ! Anyone have any links / tips ?? Thanks !
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Ignore the guy below...
After all, he's just trolling around to make you get angry.
Anyway, in regards to Chinese name resources, I can't find any good dictionary or website that has Chinese names listed on there.
However, I have found an API where you can type in the characters in and find out if it's male, female or unisex:
http://blog.namsor.com/2014/03/27/chinese-name-gender-guesser-api/
Also, I found a page where there are 510 traditional characters being put on the page with a comparison with the simplified versions of it:
http://wordyenglish.com/lojban/simplified_chars.html
These Wikipedia pages may be a bit helpful for you when it comes to names and naming laws:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_laws_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China
Finally, there is a website where you can type in the characters and find out the pinyin for these characters (though some may not have the pinyin because they might only be used in Cantonese):
http://www.pin1yin1.com/#%E5%92%8C%E7%9C%9F
I may not be much help, but this is all I've got at the moment.
After all, he's just trolling around to make you get angry.
Anyway, in regards to Chinese name resources, I can't find any good dictionary or website that has Chinese names listed on there.
However, I have found an API where you can type in the characters in and find out if it's male, female or unisex:
http://blog.namsor.com/2014/03/27/chinese-name-gender-guesser-api/
Also, I found a page where there are 510 traditional characters being put on the page with a comparison with the simplified versions of it:
http://wordyenglish.com/lojban/simplified_chars.html
These Wikipedia pages may be a bit helpful for you when it comes to names and naming laws:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_laws_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China
Finally, there is a website where you can type in the characters and find out the pinyin for these characters (though some may not have the pinyin because they might only be used in Cantonese):
http://www.pin1yin1.com/#%E5%92%8C%E7%9C%9F
I may not be much help, but this is all I've got at the moment.
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(( They can't even read ... I said characters, haha ... ))
Thank you so much! That gender guessing thing is cool.
Thank you so much! That gender guessing thing is cool.
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