Problem
I have trouble registering, pronouncing and remembering Chinese names.
Answers
Chen - Chenai is the official name for Madras on the East coast of India; chendol is a Chinese dessert, looks like chin, or Chinese, rhymes with when (when shall we three meet with Chen - to misquote the opening line by the witches in Macbeth, the play by Shakespeare). Chain.
Chue - chew it over, haven't a clue
Keong - A klong is a Thai word for a canal, Mr Keong was on the Klong; we won't wait long for Keong; Keong - he has the key, we'll carry on
Lee - rhymes with be (oh to be with Susan Lee) see Miss Lee, Lee on Sea, like the British place name Leigh on Sea
Liu - in lieu, in the loo, do it with Liu
Lixiang - the x is pronounced SH, lee - she - ang (Leigh - is she anxious?)
Min - just a minute, he is minute (short)
NG - Ng is like the ng in sing, song, long, ring
Ong - rhymes with song, bong, dong, long, wrong, on
See-Toh (see a toe)
Tu - too, two
Wai - way, good way, why, why not, we, weeze, weasel, weaving.
Many Chinese people use initials, especially if doubled, so that they will be called KK or YY for short.
Once you have a way of connecting the syllables, when you hear the names said at a meeting, you can then connect them with written name and the person's face. The repetition by others of the name will help drill it into your memory.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, teacher of English and other languages.
I have trouble registering, pronouncing and remembering Chinese names.
Answers
Chen - Chenai is the official name for Madras on the East coast of India; chendol is a Chinese dessert, looks like chin, or Chinese, rhymes with when (when shall we three meet with Chen - to misquote the opening line by the witches in Macbeth, the play by Shakespeare). Chain.
Chue - chew it over, haven't a clue
Keong - A klong is a Thai word for a canal, Mr Keong was on the Klong; we won't wait long for Keong; Keong - he has the key, we'll carry on
Lee - rhymes with be (oh to be with Susan Lee) see Miss Lee, Lee on Sea, like the British place name Leigh on Sea
Liu - in lieu, in the loo, do it with Liu
Lixiang - the x is pronounced SH, lee - she - ang (Leigh - is she anxious?)
Min - just a minute, he is minute (short)
NG - Ng is like the ng in sing, song, long, ring
Ong - rhymes with song, bong, dong, long, wrong, on
See-Toh (see a toe)
Tu - too, two
Wai - way, good way, why, why not, we, weeze, weasel, weaving.
Many Chinese people use initials, especially if doubled, so that they will be called KK or YY for short.
Once you have a way of connecting the syllables, when you hear the names said at a meeting, you can then connect them with written name and the person's face. The repetition by others of the name will help drill it into your memory.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, teacher of English and other languages.
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