closed Pin-Yin

[abrams1117]

Hi Folks,

Anyone have a Chinese Pin Yin DN?

Are they worth registering?

thanks

 

[Nic]

whats is a PIn-Yin ?

 

[flex]

maybe you can find out more on pin-yin from here..
http://www.wwli.com/languages/zhongwen/lesson01/pinyin.html

 

[abrams1117]

Pinyin is an 'English' version of Chinese.

I registered cai2 (.com), it means 'wealth' in pinyin. Whether it means anything to the Chinese or not.....?

 

[flex]

Originally posted by abrams1117
Pinyin is an 'English' version of Chinese.

I registered cai2 (.com), it means 'wealth' in pinyin. Whether it means anything to the Chinese or not.....?

if I'm not wrong.. the 2 must the the "2nd tone" of the word "cai"
if there's an option, I'd go for cai, facai or even in cantonese dialect "choy or fattchoy"

 

You are right on 2nd tone.

 

[Anthony Ng]

abrams1117, you must be a bold entrepreneur, registering names in languages that you don't know

 

[Anthony Ng]

Oops! Just pushed the wrong button. Here's the follow-up:

First, the 2 in cai2 is as goh and flex said, the tone; and no one in China put a number to the word that way.

Second, Chinese (in China) tend to use the word "caifu" instead of just the character "cai"; but unfortunately, caifu.whatever are all gone.

Third, pinyin names are quite common in China; but unless you are a Chinese in China, you'll find selling them names fairly difficult (though not impossible) because of language and institutional barriers. And the fact is: most commonly used Chinese terms have already been registered.