What is in a Chinese Name?

[Cecil Lee]

A comical look at Chinese Names and their `meaning'/`significance':-
Anne Chang (in Mandarin) - dirty
Anne Chin (in Mandarin) - keep quiet
Faye Chen (in Mandarin) - dusty
Carl Chng (in Hokkien) - buttock
Monica Cheng (in Hokkien) - touching your buttocks
Michael Tan (in Cantonese) - selling eggs
Tommy Huang (in Mandarin) - Tang Ming Huang : Ming Dynasty's emperor
Lucy Liaw (in Hokkien) - you are dead
Judy Soo (in Malay) - lost in gamble
Jane Tan (in Mandarin) - fried egg
Suzie Leow (in Hokkien) - lost till death
Henry Tan (in Hokkien) - let you wait
Henry Mah (in Mandarin) - hate your mum=20
Corrine Tai (in Hokkien) - poor fellow
Paul Chan (in Mandarin) - bankrupt
Nelson Tan (in Mandarin) - bird laying ggs
Jason Tan (in Mandarin) - thief laying eggs
Leslie Tong (in Mandarin) - rubbish bin
Nelson Chong (in Mandarin) - worms infested bird
Carmen Teng (in Hokkien) - leg hair long
Connie Mah (in Cantonese) - call your mum
Francis Yip (in Cantonese) - sweet potato leaf