En0203 2nd Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 Got this from email, quite nice, so thinking of sharing it here. sorry if u have read it before Why Chinese shouldn't have Christian names: Ann Chang => Dirty (Mandarin) Ann Chin => Keep Quiet (Mandarin) Faye Chen => Dusty (Mandarin) Carl Cheng => Buttock (Hokkien) Monica Cheng => Touching your buttocks (Hokkien) Luce Leow => You are dead (Hokkien) Jane Tan => Frying eggs (Mandarin) Suzie Leow => Lose till death (Hokkien) Henry Mah => Hate your mum (Mandarin) Corrine Tai => Poor fellow (Hokkien) Paul Chan => Bankrupt (Mandarin) Nelson Tan => Bird laying eggs (Mandarin) Leslie Tong => Rubbish Bin (Mandarin) Carmen Teng => Leg hair long (Hokkien) Danny See => Squeeze you to death (Hokkien) Rosie Teng => Screws and nails (Hokkien) Pete Tsai => Nose droppings (Hokkien) Meicy Koh => Never die before (Cantonese) ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yipsy1 Neutral Newbie February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 Not Christian names. English names to be precise. We have English names not Christian names. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Clutched February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 Haha...nice email bro.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_I_Am 2nd Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 Wait till you kanna name like Nina Gan. It's really out there, and it puzzles me what's in their head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4vtec 3rd Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 Got this from email, quite nice, so thinking of sharing it here. sorry if u have read it before Why Chinese shouldn't have Christian names: Ann Chang => Dirty (Mandarin) Ann Chin => Keep Quiet (Mandarin) Faye Chen => Dusty (Mandarin) Carl Cheng => Buttock (Hokkien) Monica Cheng => Touching your buttocks (Hokkien) Luce Leow => You are dead (Hokkien) Jane Tan => Frying eggs (Mandarin) Suzie Leow => Lose till death (Hokkien) Henry Mah => Hate your mum (Mandarin) Corrine Tai => Poor fellow (Hokkien) Paul Chan => Bankrupt (Mandarin) Nelson Tan => Bird laying eggs (Mandarin) Leslie Tong => Rubbish Bin (Mandarin) Carmen Teng => Leg hair long (Hokkien) Danny See => Squeeze you to death (Hokkien) Rosie Teng => Screws and nails (Hokkien) Pete Tsai => Nose droppings (Hokkien) Meicy Koh => Never die before (Cantonese) i really know of ppl with Jane Tan => Frying eggs (Mandarin) jia cheng ji--> eat bullet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biglittlebean 3rd Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 Just wanna add a real story... many years ago, my BMT platoon used to have this guy called Chee Kak. We all received our No 4 name tags except him... so when he bought it up to the PS, the PS said, "Nevermind, you can just sew a ten cent coin on your No 4!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Clutched February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 I encountered this name some years back in HKG. Was strolling on the street whe I look up at a window dressing of a hair salon. It displayed the names of its stylist prominently. One of them, I supposed its a direct cantonese translation - Hymen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurman Supercharged February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 (edited) Got a pri skool guy called, Mei zhan Yan.... Edited February 7, 2009 by Spurman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babyt 4th Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 think china, tw, hk like to have weird english name like Air Zhang, Pretty Chu... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rncw 5th Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 Wait till you kanna name like Nina Gan. It's really out there, and it puzzles me what's in their head. got Nina Bey or Nina Beh or not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rncw 5th Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 think china, tw, hk like to have weird english name like Air Zhang, Pretty Chu... came across names in HKG piano strawberry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latka 1st Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 Anyone worked in a taiwanese company b4? They adopt English names like Popeye & Brutus. Better still, knew a girl who adopted the name Fling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsf777 1st Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 what abt Chow Chee Hong?...a truly Chinese name.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hishercar Clutched February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 there are some people with the chinese name s h i t this is no joke because in the past old folks need to have a english version of their chinese name spell in english and hence their unforgetable name Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcapone Neutral Newbie February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 some chinese names sounds funny in dialect too, like chee hong, kan seng, hsien luut, bo pian, etc.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelord Neutral Newbie February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 Ive 2 primary school friends with the names of -Bee hoon -Zheng kang (drill hole) confirm once in awhile they tulan the parents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 My God sis...Kum Lan....sheesh her parents din really like her hor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcoloured 1st Gear February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 Got this from email, quite nice, so thinking of sharing it here. sorry if u have read it before Why Chinese shouldn't have Christian names: Ann Chang => Dirty (Mandarin) Ann Chin => Keep Quiet (Mandarin) Faye Chen => Dusty (Mandarin) Carl Cheng => Buttock (Hokkien) Monica Cheng => Touching your buttocks (Hokkien) Luce Leow => You are dead (Hokkien) Jane Tan => Frying eggs (Mandarin) Suzie Leow => Lose till death (Hokkien) Henry Mah => Hate your mum (Mandarin) Corrine Tai => Poor fellow (Hokkien) Paul Chan => Bankrupt (Mandarin) Nelson Tan => Bird laying eggs (Mandarin) Leslie Tong => Rubbish Bin (Mandarin) Carmen Teng => Leg hair long (Hokkien) Danny See => Squeeze you to death (Hokkien) Rosie Teng => Screws and nails (Hokkien) Pete Tsai => Nose droppings (Hokkien) Meicy Koh => Never die before (Cantonese) Add this to the list.. Nelson Choo => Bird give birth to pig (Chinese) ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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