kittygirl Posted June 22, 2008 at 12:01 AM Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 at 12:01 AM So, I named my kitten Mei-mei-only to find out "she"'s a boy! What now? Can you tell me the English pronunciation of the Chinese translation of a cool word? I'm thinking Blue, because his eyes will be blue for the rest of his life. Snow, because of his color. Little brother or kitten, or cat, or baby, would all be good too. Help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 22, 2008 at 01:06 AM Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 at 01:06 AM Does the cat respond to you when you call "meimei"? I ask because my cat never pays any attention to me whatever I call it (well unless it needs something then he just calls me "mao". ). If it knows "meimei" is its name and accepts it, why bother to change its name? If it does not, I guess it might behave like my old cat. "blue" is "lan". "blue eye" is "lan yan". "white" is "bai". "little white" is "xiao bai". "big white " is "da bai". "snow" is "xue". "kittykitty" is "maomao". Note that without training you might not be able to pronounce the "x" in Mandarin correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittygirl Posted June 22, 2008 at 01:18 AM Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 at 01:18 AM Thanks! I've only had him a week, so he doesn't really know his name yet, but he does usually come when called by any noise right now. Could you give me some tips on pronunciation? Is "x" the english "zh"? And "mao" rhymes with meow, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 22, 2008 at 01:48 AM Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 at 01:48 AM You can listen to "xiao" by pressing the play button for "xiao3" on the page below. For "xue", press the play button for "xue3". http://www.chinese-lessons.com/mandarin/pinyin/south_f/x.htm For "mao", press the play button for "mao1" on this page -> http://www.chinese-lessons.com/mandarin/pinyin/south_f/m.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittygirl Posted June 22, 2008 at 01:52 AM Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 at 01:52 AM Thanks so much for that! That seems really helpful (although still really difficult!). What would be the closes Americanization of "xue mao"? "SHEYmohw?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooironic Posted June 22, 2008 at 08:50 PM Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 at 08:50 PM shoe-EH mao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne972 Posted June 22, 2008 at 10:45 PM Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 at 10:45 PM I don't know the chinese translation for blue but maybe Ice Blue or Blue Ice will work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodtarget Posted June 23, 2008 at 01:04 AM Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 at 01:04 AM If I had a cat, I would name him 猫泽东, but that's just me I think Lan Lan (blue x 2) would be kinda cute, and as for the suggestion of Ice Blue, that would be Bing Lan, which would also be a decent name imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted June 23, 2008 at 07:55 AM Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 at 07:55 AM Since my surname is 施, if I had a cat I would either name it 西 or Nai'an :-) Lanlan is a good name too, and a lot easier to pronounce than Xuemao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted June 23, 2008 at 10:23 AM Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 at 10:23 AM 猫泽东That's a great name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted June 23, 2008 at 11:05 AM Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 at 11:05 AM Haha, that's the best cat name I've ever heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted June 25, 2008 at 06:58 AM Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 at 06:58 AM All of hearers would:evil: goggle at you if you called 猫泽东 in China, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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