Anu Posted May 11, 2014 at 03:25 PM Report Posted May 11, 2014 at 03:25 PM Hi , I'm learning Mandarin about 6 months . Right now im studying in Tianjin And i'm planing about study in china again . But i want to learn Cantonese too . Actually i like Southern china ( 南方) specially Guangzhou . but my Mandarin is still not so good but i really wanna learn cantonese . And i started learning few days ago and really HARD but Anyway i decided to learn by myself And my chinese( Mandarin ) name is 若昕( Ruoxin ) my teacher gave me , and i just figured out that my name will be in different pronunciation in cantonese . 若昕(je5jan1) pronounced yeyan?? but i'm not sure about this and how to pronounce my name in cantonese? but this name feels like not Cantonese ( 广东话，粤语) name. i want Cantonese sounds good and unusual name. Please recommend me some Cantonese name ( with Hanzi) thanks Quote
Hofmann Posted May 11, 2014 at 07:06 PM Report Posted May 11, 2014 at 07:06 PM Seeing as you pronounce 若昕 "Ruoxin," you should use joek6 for 若 in Cantonese. 1 Quote
Anu Posted May 14, 2014 at 04:58 AM Author Report Posted May 14, 2014 at 04:58 AM @Hofmann thanks , "joek6 for 若 in Cantonese." So my name writes like Jeok Yan? (read as yeok yan? ) can u recommend me some other canto name ? Quote
skylee Posted May 14, 2014 at 06:16 AM Report Posted May 14, 2014 at 06:16 AM 若昕 sounds ok in Cantonese. Why do you want other names? And what do you want in those other names (e.g. sound like your original name)? 1 Quote
Anu Posted May 15, 2014 at 07:43 AM Author Report Posted May 15, 2014 at 07:43 AM @skylee thanks , i searched 昕 on cantodic but there was no result so i'm little bit confuced , and i still not sure bout pronounce , writes like Jeok Jan ? read as yeok yan? and i want use my instagram name as my canto name? so it will be ( e.g jeokyan07 or yeokyan07 ) like this??? Quote
skylee Posted May 15, 2014 at 09:10 AM Report Posted May 15, 2014 at 09:10 AM In Jyutping (which is one of the ways to romanise Cantonese), 若昕 is Joek Jan. In Hong Kong, the name would be romanised as Yeuk Yan. As to the pronunciation, you could refer to the sound files of the following webpages - joek6 - http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/search.php?q=%ADY jan1 - http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/search.php?q=%A9%FD You might also find this table of Cantonese syllables useful - http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/syllables.htm 2 Quote
Anu Posted May 15, 2014 at 04:45 PM Author Report Posted May 15, 2014 at 04:45 PM @skylee thank you so much !! Quote
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