Chinese names

Discussion in 'General Forum' started by lindy, Jul 9, 2001.

  1. lindy

    lindy Guest

    As many of the INA players don't know their Chinese name, how did the media obtain them?
     
  2. mbelinda

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    they get the pronounciation that is very close to their name
     
  3. dude

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    they are mocking their chinese names
     
  4. Cheung

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    Hendrawen's surname in chinese is 'Ye' in Putonghua, 'Yip' in Cantonese.
    Susi Susanti's surname in chinese is "Huang" in PutongHua,"Wong" in cantonese, "Ong" in HokKien.

    Not quite sure how this fits their Indonesian names.
     
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    I remember Starsports refering to Susi as Wang Xie Ling or something.Not surprising as susi was born in msia but moved to INA.
     
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    Susi Susanti born in Tasikmalaya, INA (originally)
     
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    Ehh .. thought they refer to her as 'Wang Lian Xiang' ... ??? That was years ago I read in the papers .. hope my memory did not fail me on this.
     
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    'Lian Xiang' can mean "repeatedly die/lose".
     
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    Right, they called her Wang Li Xiang.
     
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    My memory failing.

    Kwun probably means what they say in HK movies when they discover a corspe, especially in ghost movies, that the body is
    "heung'.
     
  11. happyding

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    I don't agree with u guys. I'm a chinese and I remember the name is "wang lian xiang" in mandarin. "lian" in Chinese character means "lotus". and "xiang" means "fragrance".
    Hendrawen's chinese name is "Ye cheng Wan". "Ye" is his surname. "cheng" in Chinese character means "honest". "wan" means "ten thousand".
    We can see they are not mocked and the name is quite nice.
     
  12. Wai Lun

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    Their blood engraved with the Chinese dragon.
     
  13. Adel

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    Tony Gunawan's Chinese name is Wu Junming. "Jun" means handsome and "Ming" means "bright". Unfortunately, "Wu" sounds the same as another Chinese character, meaning "don't have"!

    *Sorry Tony*
     
  14. taufik is called something like "tao-fi-ke"
     
  15. Can't you take a joke.Most of people here are Hua Jiao.

    Anyway nowadays many Hua Jiao from Ina and Singapore are

    hardly aware or bothered they are Chinese, they like to be

    more identified as Caucasian or Malay, because of the

    environment they are brought up in. Even Hendrawan has

    openly denied he has a real Chinese name.Many young

    Chinese Ina can't even speak a word of Chinese, putonghua or

    dialect.
     
  16. Adel

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    What's this got to do with Chinese Singaporeans? I'm Chinese and damn proud of it, even if I don't see myself as being affiliated to China. There are some groups of Singaporean youngsters who (in a not too distant poll) professed that they would rather be Japanese/Caucasian. Not all of us belong to that category though.
     
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    Good for u Adel.
    What a surprising poll. But I guess that many associate being Chinese as being part of the image of China 20 - 30 yrs ago.
     
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    Well, from what I know, few Singaporean-Chinese my age feel affiliated to China, be it the China of ages past or the economically-booming China of today, which has just been granted the privilege to host the big O.

    I don't really have a problem with that but I have a HUGE problem with those who find it "cooler" to be Caucasian or Japanese - no offense to either race. The latter, in particular, has become a prime choice among some teenagers what with the growing popularity of Japanese pop culture in recent days.
     
  19. Wai Lun

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    Adel, we are proud of you as chinese and the future belong to you.
     

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