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Ning jing zhi yuan traditional chinese9/16/2023 I’m an imperfect human and probably didn’t catch everything.Characters like 薇 are pronounced differently in these locations. I use standard Mainland pronunciation, not Taiwanese pronunciation.Most of the time, it’s pretty clear which pronunciation is used, but there are some ambiguous cases. I also applied tone change rules when there were multiple 3rd tones in a row (but not for surnames as it shouldn’t change there).As a result, you may see this character labeled as 1st, 2nd, or 4th tone. I did some work to account for tone sandhi for yi 一.I will add some details towards the end of this post for those who are interested. I had to do a lot of work to process the name data for this analysis. Most names belong to individuals from Mainland China, but there are also names belonging to people from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. I added more names in this category and also some names of athletes (since for athletes it is also relatively easy to discern gender). Like before, most names are from contestants on idol shows or members of idol groups. I started with the data from my previous in-depth post about Chinese names. So how are tones distributed in names?īuckle up, everyone. For example, using a mix of tones (instead of reusing the same tone) gives names a dynamic flow. I have read about naming conventions regarding tones. Setting aside the written language (Chinese characters), what syllables/sounds are most common? Sometimes you don’t know how a name is written because you’ve only heard it or seen a transliteration.I ended up shifting my focus a bit throughout the process, but I’m still excited to be sharing my results. In one previous post, I wrote that I wanted to explore tones and syllable structure in Chinese names. It’s been a while since my last post about Chinese names.
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