Analyzing Chinese Names: Syllables & Tones
It’s been a while since my last post about Chinese names. In one previous post, I wrote that I wanted to explore tones and syllable structure in Chinese names. And now here we are. I ended up shifting my focus a bit throughout the process, but I’m still excited to be sharing my results.
These questions/ideas guided this post:
Sometimes you don’t know how a name is written because you’ve only heard it or seen a transliteration. Setting aside the written language (Chinese characters), what syllables/sounds are most common?
I have read about naming conventions regarding tones. For example, using a mix of tones (instead of reusing the same tone) gives names a dynamic flow. So how are tones distributed in names?
Buckle up, everyone. This is gonna be a long one.
About the Data
I started with the data from my previous in-depth post about Chinese names. Like before, most names are from contestants on idol shows or members of idol groups. I added more names in this category and also some names of athletes (since for athletes it is also relatively easy to discern gender). In total, there were 4361 names (2340 female, 2021 male). Most names belong to individuals from Mainland China, but there are also names belonging to people from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. See my past post for more details.
I had to do a lot of work to process the name data for this analysis. I will add some details towards the end of this post for those who are interested. I just want to note here that:
I did some work to account for tone sandhi for yi 一. As a result, you may see this character labeled as 1st, 2nd, or 4th tone.
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).
I had to correct for duoyinzi 多音字. Most of the time, it’s pretty clear which pronunciation is used, but there are some ambiguous cases.
I use standard Mainland pronunciation, not Taiwanese pronunciation. Characters like 薇 are pronounced differently in these locations.
I’m an imperfect human and probably didn’t catch everything. So keep that in mind.
Given Names (Overall)
First we will examine the overall results for all syllables across all given names to get a nice overview. Then we will dive into single-character given names vs. two-character given names.
Top Given Name Syllables (w/ Tones)
Pictured: Some of the most frequent characters for the top 11 syllables.
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yǔ / 263
宇 雨 羽 语 予 禹 瑀
Xīn / 229
欣 鑫 馨 心 昕 新 歆 芯 薪
Jiā / 216
佳 嘉 家 加 珈
Yì / 201
一 艺 奕 逸 亦 毅 懿 翊 义 易 翼 忆 意 译 轶 熠 羿 亿 薏
Zǐ / 139
子 梓 紫
Qí / 134
琪 琦 奇 祺 麒 淇 齐 棋 其 岐 崎
Wén / 116
文 雯 闻 纹
Jié / 112
杰 ��� 婕 捷 颉 倢
Yù / 102
玉 钰 煜 昱 郁 裕 喻 谕 毓 育 誉
Jùn / 99
俊 峻 珺 骏 浚 竣
Yáng / 99
洋 阳 扬 杨 炀 旸
Top Given Name Syllables (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yu / 419
宇 雨 玉 羽 钰 语 瑜 予 妤 煜 禹 昱 郁 俞 渝 裕 于 喻 瑀 谕 余 娱 愚 毓 育 誉
Yi / 356
一 怡 艺 奕 仪 依 逸 亦 伊 毅 宜 懿 翊 义 祎 易 翼 苡 忆 意 译 轶 颐 乙 以 熠 羿 亿 倚 薏
Xin / 232
欣 鑫 馨 心 昕 新 歆 芯 薪 信
Jia / 217
佳 嘉 家 加 珈
Jun / 165
俊 君 峻 钧 军 珺 均 骏 浚 竣
Zi / 157
子 梓 紫 姿 兹
Qi / 151
琪 琦 奇 祺 绮 麒 启 淇 齐 棋 其 岐 崎
Hao / 141
豪 浩 昊 皓 灏 淏 濠
Wei / 139
伟 玮 威 维 薇 蔚 微 炜 唯 纬 葳 为 崴 巍 𬀩 苇 韦
Xiao / 136
晓 小 笑 筱 孝 潇 篠 箫 肖
Given Name Syllable Tones
List format:
Tone / count
2nd / 2729
1st / 1993
4th / 1885
3rd / 1167
Single-Character Given Names (单名)
There were 948 single-character names in total. That comes out to about 22% of all 4361 names.
Top Single-Character Given Names (w/ Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
All corresponding characters
Xīn / 41
鑫 欣 昕 馨 新 心 锌
Yáng / 29
洋 扬 杨 阳 旸 炀
Yǔ / 20
宇 雨 禹 羽 瑀 语
Lì / 18
丽 立 莉 俐 栎 栗
Yì / 18
艺 奕 逸 忆 易 毅 燚 羿
Yuè / 18
悦 玥 越 月 粤 跃
Jié / 17
洁 杰 倢 婕 捷 颉
Hào / 16
浩 昊 淏 灏
Jìng / 14
静 婧 靓* 竞 靖
Qiàn / 14
倩 茜**
*Can be pronounced jìng or liàng. I went with jìng.
**Can be pronounced qiàn or xī. I went with qiàn.
Top Single-Character Given Names (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
All corresponding characters
Xin / 41
鑫 欣 昕 馨 新 心 锌
Yu / 31
宇 雨 钰 煜 玉 瑜 禹 羽 昱 渝 瑀 语
Yang / 29
洋 扬 杨 阳 旸 炀
Yi / 23
艺 奕 怡 逸 一 忆 易 毅 燚 祎 羿
Wei / 22
伟 威 炜 维 蔚 薇 𬀩 玮
Hao / 19
浩 昊 豪 淏 灏
Jing / 19
静 晶 婧 靓* 璟 竞 菁 靖
Li / 19
丽 立 莉 俐 李 栎 栗
Ying / 19
颖 莹 影 滢 赢 瀛 盈
Yue / 18
悦 玥 越 月 粤 跃
*Can be pronounced jìng or liàng. I went with jìng.
Single-Character Name Tones
List format:
Tone / count
2nd / 308
4th / 264
1st / 253
3rd / 123
Full Name Tone Patterns for Single-Character Given Names
Look at the darker “stripes” for the 2nd tone. The 3rd tone’s low popularity also stood out to me.
List format:
Tone of surname, tone of given name / count
2nd, 2nd / 140
2nd, 1st / 127
2nd, 4th / 123
1st, 2nd / 80
1st, 4th / 73
1st, 1st / 68
2nd, 3rd / 52
4th, 2nd / 45
3rd, 2nd / 43
1st, 3rd / 39
3rd, 4th / 37
4th, 4th / 31
3rd, 1st / 29
4th, 1st / 29
4th, 3rd / 17
3rd, 3rd / 15
Two-Character Given Names (双名)
Now for two-character given names. There were 3413 total (about 78%). First I will look at these given names as a whole. Then I will separately examine the 1st syllable and 2nd syllable positions.
I was very interested to see the most common name going by sound and not characters. Living in the US, I often see transliterated Chinese names with no characters in sight. This effectively “merges” names that are distinct in Chinese. All I can do is guess what the characters (and thus tones) are.
Top Two-Character Given Names (w/ Tones)
Pictured: Character combinations that occurred more than once for the top 12 two-character given names.
List format:
Given name / count
All corresponding character combinations
Jiāxīn / 17
嘉欣 佳欣 佳薪 佳鑫 嘉新 嘉歆 嘉馨
Jiāyí / 12
佳怡 嘉怡 佳仪 嘉仪 家仪 家怡
Xīnyǔ / 10
心雨 新宇 心语 欣宇 欣雨 鑫宇 馨予
Xīnyuè / 10
馨月 心玥 昕玥 欣悦 歆玥 馨悦 馨玥
Hàorán / 9
浩然 皓然
Jùnjié / 9
俊杰 俊洁
Chénxī / 8
晨曦 晨熙 晨晞 晨晰 晨溪
Jiāqí / 8
佳琦 家齐 佳琪 嘉琪 嘉祺 嘉齐
Shānshān / 8
珊珊 杉杉 姗姗
Xīnyí / 8
心怡 欣怡 心仪 鑫怡
Yìwén / 8
一文 奕雯 艺文 译文 逸文
Yǔqíng / 8
雨晴 语晴 宇晴 雨情
Top Two-Character Given Names (w/o Tones)
List format:
Given name / count
All corresponding character combinations
Jiaxin / 17
嘉欣 佳欣 佳薪 佳鑫 嘉新 嘉歆 嘉馨
Jiayi / 16
佳怡 嘉怡 佳仪 佳依 加一 嘉仪 嘉艺 嘉谊 家仪 家怡 家毅
Xinyu / 15
心雨 欣妤 新宇 心妤 心玉 心语 欣宇 欣雨 鑫宇 馨予
Junjie / 12
俊杰 军杰 俊洁 钧杰
Xiaoyu / 12
小雨 晓玉 晓钰 小钰 晓宇 晓瑜 晓雨 笑语
Yifan / 12
一凡 艺凡 一帆 一幡 一璠 依凡 屹繁 怡凡 薏帆
Xinyi / 10
心怡 欣怡 心仪 欣佚 鑫一 鑫怡
Xinyue / 10
馨月 心玥 昕玥 欣悦 歆玥 馨悦 馨玥
Yuqing / 10
雨晴 语晴 宇庆 宇晴 钰清 雨情
Two-Character Given Name Tones
The grey square is due to the 3rd tone tone change rule.
List format:
Tone of given name 1st syllable, tone of given name 2nd syllable / count
4th, 2nd / 560
1st, 2nd / 421
3rd, 2nd / 373
2nd, 2nd / 304
4th, 1st / 282
3rd, 1st / 191
1st, 1st / 183
2nd, 1st / 177
1st, 4th / 169
2nd, 4th / 152
1st, 3rd / 134
2nd, 3rd / 130
4th, 4th / 121
3rd, 4th / 120
4th, 3rd / 96
Full Name Tone Patterns for Two-Character Given Names
Pictured: The top 10 full name tone patterns for two-character given names.
I found these results very interesting. As I mentioned earlier, I’ve read about how using certain sequences of tones creates a pleasant-sounding flow. I had some fun saying aloud names that fit these patterns and judging the dynamic ups-and-downs of how they flow.
List format:
Tone of surname, tone of given name 1st syllable, tone of given name 2nd syllable / count
2nd, 4th, 2nd / 273
2nd, 1st, 2nd / 179
2nd, 3rd, 2nd / 179
2nd, 4th, 1st / 138
1st, 4th, 2nd / 135
2nd, 2nd, 2nd / 129
1st, 3rd, 2nd / 98
2nd, 3rd, 1st / 95
2nd, 1st, 4th / 92
1st, 1st, 2nd / 89
These are only the top 10 patterns. See the bottom of the post for the full list.
Two-Character Given Names: First Syllable
Top First Syllables for Two-Character Given Names (w/ Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Jiā / 171
佳 嘉 家 加 珈
Yì / 138
一 艺 奕 逸 亦 翊 易 义 懿 翼 译 亿 忆 毅 羿 薏 轶
Zǐ / 123
子 梓 紫
Yǔ / 115
雨 宇 语 羽 禹 予
Xīn / 95
欣 心 馨 鑫 新 昕 歆 薪 芯
Xiǎo / 79
晓 小 筱
Jùn / 69
俊 峻 珺 竣 骏
Sī / 63
思 斯
Yù / 53
玉 钰 煜 昱 郁 裕 喻 毓 育 誉
Mèng / 49
梦 孟
Top First Syllables for Two-Character Given Names (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yi / 201
一 艺 奕 怡 依 逸 亦 翊 伊 宜 易 苡 义 乙 以 懿 翼 译 亿 忆 毅 祎 羿 薏 轶
Yu / 188
雨 宇 语 玉 钰 羽 禹 煜 俞 昱 郁 于 渝 裕 予 喻 毓 瑜 育 誉
Jia / 171
佳 嘉 家 加 珈
Zi / 133
子 梓 紫 姿
Xiao / 118
晓 小 笑 孝 潇 筱
Xin / 98
欣 心 馨 鑫 新 昕 歆 信 薪 芯
Jun / 84
俊 峻 君 钧 军 珺 竣 骏
Jing / 67
静 婧 景 敬 靖 晶 京 竞
Zhi / 61
智 志 芷 之 治 知 祉
Si / 60
思 斯
First Syllable Tones for Two-Character Given Names
List format:
Tone / count
4th / 1059
1st / 907
2nd / 763
3rd / 684
Two-Character Given Names: Second Syllable
Top Second Syllables for Two-Character Given Names (w/ Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yǔ / 128
宇 雨 羽 予 语 瑀 禹
Qí / 100
琪 琦 祺 奇 淇 齐 棋 麒 岐
Xīn / 93
欣 鑫 馨 昕 心 新 歆 芯
Jié / 83
杰 洁 婕 捷
Wén / 68
文 雯
Yí / 63
怡 仪 宜 颐
Lín / 61
霖 琳 林 麟 淋
Tíng / 61
婷 廷 庭
Yuán / 59
源 元 媛 圆 园 缘 原
Yáng / 58
阳 洋 扬 杨 炀
Top Second Syllables for Two-Character Given Names (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yu / 200
宇 雨 玉 羽 瑜 妤 予 钰 语 昱 煜 谕 郁 余 瑀 禹
Yi / 132
怡 仪 一 毅 依 艺 逸 亦 伊 宜 懿 颐 义 奕 意 祎 熠 翼 轶
Qi / 105
琪 琦 祺 奇 淇 绮 齐 棋 麒 岐
Xin / 93
欣 鑫 馨 昕 心 新 歆 芯
Jie / 83
杰 洁 婕 捷
Wei / 75
伟 玮 薇 维 威 微 炜 蔚 葳 崴 纬
Hao / 74
豪 昊 浩 皓 濠
Jun / 72
君 俊 钧 峻 军 均 珺 骏
Wen / 68
文 雯
Yuan / 68
源 元 媛 圆 远 园 渊 缘 原
Second Syllable Tones for Two-Character Given Names
List format:
Tone / count
2nd / 1658
1st / 833
4th / 562
3rd / 360
Surnames
Because the majority of the population shares a relatively small number of surnames, I decided to only look at tones.
Surname Tones
List format:
Tone / count
2nd / 2047
1st / 1072
3rd / 640
4th / 602
Just take a look at the top 20 surnames in China. Clearly, the 2nd tone is dominating. There’s only one 4th tone surname!
Data Processing
I segmented the names so each character was alone. I just did this in Google Sheets, because that’s where I store the names I’ve gathered. Then I exported the data in CSV format.
I discarded names longer than 3 characters—because these are less common, I decided not to address them to make things easier for myself.
I used the pinyin library for Python to obtain pinyin for each character. I used the numerical format (ie. “ni3”) so that I could easily obtain the syllable w/o tone, the syllable w/ tone, and the tone. I also utilized pandas and numpy. This was done in Google Colabs. I made the unfortunate mistake of not commenting my code, and I wrote it a while ago, so I now I have no idea what is going on (whoops).
Next I dumped this data into a tibble in R for the real analysis.
For as many 多音字 as I could identify, I had to check and potentially fix the pinyin transcription. For example, I had to make sure that 曾 was going to zeng1, not ceng2. Honestly, I’m sure I missed something, but this was so, so tedious. This is also the step where I accounted for the 3rd tone tone change and yi 一 tone change rules.
I used a Python script to convert the toneless pinyin to my own syllable notation system. This was tricky to figure out, but fortunately I was able to use some code I already had from a project I was involved in during college.
I added the syllable info to my giant tibble in R. Because everything was separated into surname, given name 1st character, and given name 2nd character, I also had to create some new columns to combine information to get information for whole given names and full names.
Then it was basically a lot of pipes. Here’s an example:
names %>%
filter(nchar(names$name) > 2) %>%
group_by(given_struc) %>%
summarise(count = n()) %>%
arrange(desc(count)) %>%
view()
Bonus Lists
There were some other things I was curious about but felt didn’t have a place in the main body of this post.
I wanted to see which syllables were represented by the most unique characters in my dataset. If the number of unique characters is high, that’s a sign that I would probably have trouble guessing which character someone’s name contains.
I was also curious about open vs. closed syllables and closed syllables ending in /n/ vs. /ŋ/. For instance, take a pair of names like Yixin and Xinyi or Xinling and Lingxin. These names consist of the same syllables in a different order. I wanted to know which order is more common.
Syllables with the Most Unique Characters (w/ Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
All corresponding characters
Yì / 27
一 艺 奕 逸 亦 毅 懿 翊 义 易 翼 忆 意 译 轶 熠 羿 亿 薏 佚 佾 埸 屹 异 弋 怿 燚 翌
Qí / 15
琪 琦 奇 祺 麒 淇 齐 棋 其 岐 崎 圻 祁 祈 骐
Yú / 14
瑜 妤 俞 渝 于 余 娱 愚 宇*** 愉 榆 舆 雨*** 鱼
Yù / 14
玉 钰 煜 昱 郁 裕 喻 谕 毓 育 誉 寓 浴 芋
Xīn / 12
欣 鑫 馨 心 昕 新 歆 芯 薪 妡 忻 锌
Yuán / 12
源 媛 元 园 圆 缘 原 嫄 沅 湲 芫 袁
Líng / 11
玲 灵 凌 翎 绫 伶 羚 铃 龄 苓 陵
Xī / 11
希 熙 曦 溪 晞 惜 熹 兮 浠 晰 西
Hóng / 9
宏 红 弘 鸿 泓 虹 洪 闳 汯
Lì / 9
丽 莉 立 力 俐 利 俪 栎 栗
Zhēn / 9
珍 真 臻 蓁 祯 桢 榛 甄 贞
***3rd tone character that is pronounced as 2nd tone due to appearing before another 3rd tone character.
Syllables with the Most Unique Characters (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
All corresponding characters
Yi / 45
一 怡 艺 奕 仪 依 逸 亦 伊 毅 宜 懿 翊 义 祎 易 翼 苡 忆 意 译 轶 颐 乙 以 熠 羿 亿 倚 薏 佚 佾 埸 壹 夷 屹 异 弋 怿 沂 洢 燚 翌 谊 铱
Yu / 33
宇 雨 玉 羽 钰 语 瑜 予 妤 煜 禹 昱 郁 俞 渝 裕 于 喻 瑀 谕 余 娱 愚 毓 育 誉 寓 愉 榆 浴 舆 芋 鱼
Qi / 20
琪 琦 奇 祺 绮 麒 启 淇 齐 棋 其 岐 崎 圻 期 柒 栖 祁 祈 骐
Wei / 20
伟 玮 威 维 薇 蔚 微 炜 唯 纬 葳 为 崴 巍 𬀩 苇 韦 卫 惟 未
Yan / 19
妍 言 燕 彦 艳 岩 延 谚 嫣 琰 雁 晏 研 颜 砚 衍 严 炎 焱
Yuan / 16
源 媛 元 远 园 圆 渊 缘 原 嫄 愿 沅 湲 芫 苑 袁
Xi / 16
希 熙 曦 汐 溪 晞 玺 喜 惜 熹 兮 浠 习 晰 禧 西
Xiao / 15
小 笑 筱 孝 潇 篠 箫 肖 宵 效 枭 校 萧 霄
Yun / 15
云 芸 韵 昀 赟 允 匀 沄 筠 韫 妘 澐 蕰 蕴 运
Zhen / 15
振 珍 真 臻 蓁 祯 震 镇 朕 桢 榛 甄 贞 轸 圳
Two-Character Given Name Syllable Structures
This is the top 10 out of 14 (the bottom 4 were very rare).
List format:
Structure of given name 1st syllable, structure of given name 2nd syllable — example / count
Open, open — ex: Jiayi / 821
Open, closed-n — ex: Yijin / 701
Open, closed-ng — ex: Yijing / 468
Closed-n, open — ex: Jinyi / 450
Closed-ng, open — ex: Jingyi / 308
Closed-n, closed-n — ex: Jinyan / 206
Closed-ng, closed-n — ex: Jingyan / 157
Closed-n, closed-ng — ex: Jinyang / 141
Closed-ng, closed-ng — ex: Jingyang / 139
Open, closed-er — ex: Xue'er / 14
Full Name Syllable Structures for Two-Character Given Names
This is the top 29 out of 36 (the bottom 7 were very rare).
List format:
Structure of surname syllable, structure of given name 1st syllable, structure of given name 2nd syllable — example / count
Open, open, open— ex: Li Jiayi / 370
Open, open, closed-n— ex: Li Yijin / 336
Closed-ng, open, open— ex: Wang Jiayi / 273
Open, open, closed-ng— ex: Li Yijing / 228
Open, closed-n, open— ex: Li Jinyi / 225
Closed-ng, open, closed-n— ex: Wang Yijin / 223
Closed-n, open, open— ex: Chen Jiayi / 178
Closed-ng, closed-n, open— ex: Wang Jinyi / 165
Open, closed-ng, open— ex: Li Jingyi / 151
Closed-ng, open, closed-ng— ex: Wang Yijing / 146
Closed-n, open, closed-n— ex: Chen Yijin / 142
Open, closed-n, closed-n— ex: Li Jinyan / 104
Closed-ng, closed-ng, open— ex: Wang Jingyi / 97
Closed-n, open, closed-ng— ex: Chen Yijing / 94
Open, closed-ng, closed-n— ex: Li Jingyan / 86
Open, closed-ng, closed-ng— ex: Li Jingyang / 75
Open, closed-n, closed-ng— ex: Li Jinyang / 66
Closed-ng, closed-n, closed-n— ex: Wang Jinyan / 62
Closed-n, closed-n, open— ex: Chen Jinyi / 60
Closed-n, closed-ng, open— ex: Chen Jingyi / 60
Closed-ng, closed-n, closed-ng— ex: Wang Jinyang / 45
Closed-ng, closed-ng, closed-ng— ex: Wang Jingyang / 45
Closed-ng, closed-ng, closed-n— ex: Wang Jingyan / 43
Closed-n, closed-n, closed-n— ex: Chen Jinyan / 40
Closed-n, closed-n, closed-ng— ex: Chen Jinyang / 30
Closed-n, closed-ng, closed-n— ex: Chen Jingyan / 28
Closed-n, closed-ng, closed-ng— ex: Chen Jingyang / 19
Open, open, closed-er— ex: Li Xue'er / 8
Closed-ng, open, closed-er— ex: Wang Xue'er / 4
Extended List(s)
Full Name Tone Patterns for Two-Character Given Names
2nd, 4th, 2nd / 273
2nd, 1st, 2nd / 179
2nd, 3rd, 2nd / 179
2nd, 4th, 1st / 138
1st, 4th, 2nd / 135
2nd, 2nd, 2nd / 129
1st, 3rd, 2nd / 98
2nd, 3rd, 1st / 95
2nd, 1st, 4th / 92
1st, 1st, 2nd / 89
2nd, 1st, 1st / 88
2nd, 2nd, 1st / 84
3rd, 1st, 2nd / 83
3rd, 4th, 2nd / 81
1st, 2nd, 2nd / 73
4th, 4th, 2nd / 71
4th, 1st, 2nd / 70
1st, 4th, 1st / 69
2nd, 3rd, 4th / 68
2nd, 2nd, 3rd / 64
2nd, 1st, 3rd / 59
3rd, 2nd, 2nd / 59
2nd, 2nd, 4th / 56
4th, 3rd, 2nd / 56
2nd, 4th, 4th / 54
2nd, 4th, 3rd / 47
1st, 2nd, 4th / 43
4th, 2nd, 2nd / 43
1st, 1st, 3rd / 42
4th, 4th, 1st / 42
1st, 3rd, 1st / 41
3rd, 3rd, 2nd / 40
1st, 1st, 1st / 35
1st, 2nd, 1st / 35
1st, 2nd, 3rd / 35
1st, 1st, 4th / 34
4th, 1st, 1st / 34
3rd, 4th, 1st / 33
1st, 4th, 4th / 31
3rd, 2nd, 1st / 30
1st, 3rd, 4th / 29
4th, 2nd, 1st / 28
4th, 3rd, 1st / 28
3rd, 2nd, 4th / 27
3rd, 3rd, 1st / 27
3rd, 1st, 1st / 26
4th, 2nd, 4th / 26
1st, 4th, 3rd / 23
3rd, 1st, 4th / 23
3rd, 2nd, 3rd / 21
3rd, 4th, 4th / 20
4th, 1st, 4th / 20
4th, 1st, 3rd / 19
3rd, 4th, 3rd / 18
4th, 4th, 4th / 16
3rd, 1st, 3rd / 14
3rd, 3rd, 4th / 14
4th, 2nd, 3rd / 10
4th, 3rd, 4th / 9
4th, 4th, 3rd / 8
If you made it to the end, I am seriously impressed by your dedication. Thanks for checking out my nerdy ramblings about Chinese names! Don’t forget to check out my past posts on this topic for more. I hope they will help demystify Chinese names and make learning about Chinese names less intimidating.
A Closer Look at Chinese Names
Reading Chinese Names: Female Names
Reading Chinese Names: Male Names
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异男性爱太high我也忍不住干下去
第一晚,晕船又加上四处闲晃被烈阳照射,大夥都累坏了,再加上隔天很早就要起床,于是我们很快的进入梦乡。第二天,我们去参加海钓与浮潜,阿德与阿泰的钓鱼技术超级好,不知道哪里来的运气,明明就站在我的隔壁,结果我只钓到一尾,阿德��连钓了七条鱼!阿德的女友珊珊一脸爱慕地望着他,手还不时的在他胸口抚摸着,一付就要在现场干起来的模样。星爷则一尾都没钓到,但他在船上认识的两个新朋友,来自台北的女大学生,倒是在他的帮忙之下钓到不少。于是,上岸后,船家把大家的鱼给煮了,两位女大学生很自然地就跟我们六个人同坐一桌,一起享用。
之后的行程,他们两就跟着我们一起玩了。
当天晚上,两位女大学生被星爷约到我们房间里去,由于傍晚我们八个人在岸边船家小屋里都吃得饱了,所以在房间里开始喝酒消遣,并在星爷起哄下,以扑克牌玩真心话大冒险的游戏。
我开始感觉到星爷跟阿德、阿泰一定有我不知道的私密联系,好像图谋着什么。
某一把,是抽大小,我排第七,女大生晓芳排第八,国王星爷叫她要选择说出自己情欲高涨时候的解决办法,不然就得用手拨我的鸡巴五次。他当然是选后者,我也被迫当众脱下裤子,裸露着阴茎任人拨弄。
游戏越玩越high,也不知道为何,星爷、阿德、阿泰总是轮流当国王,我一直在想轮到我时,我一定要宣布结束这一切,但是不管是玩心脏病、比大小、猜三张、抽国王、21点,我跟其他的女生永远都是输的那一方。
时间不知不觉的已经快要一点了,大家身上的衣服越穿越少。
在游戏过程中,只要是星爷发想的惩罚都充满情色,比如他叫阿泰的女友小青帮阿泰口交3分钟给大家拍照,叫女大生晓芳隔着内裤抚摸珊珊的阴蒂,大概是大家对星爷打黄腔情色惯了,而他的要求,也都还在大家可以接受的范围内,只要是男女朋友落居最后两名,他的要求就会很露骨,是不相干的人就懂得适可而止,况且他都挑那种赌博游戏时,比如21点、抽排比大小等,事先就先说如果他赢会要求人家干嘛,在他的拨弄下,愿赌服输,大家也就欢欢喜喜的接受了。
他还要求珊珊与阿青,分别说出与阿德、阿泰做爱的感受等等,甚至要另外一位女大生欣颖,看他的鸡巴、摸他的鸡巴,然后跟过去的男友比较大小与感觉。
阿泰当国王时的要求,都是充满挑逗情欲的,比如要大家说一次性爱经验,或是要欣颖跟晓芳喇舌、要自己的女友舔星爷的奶头等等。
阿德常跑健身房,身形很好,肌肉强壮,他通常要人抚摸他的肌肉线条,或是要女大生爱抚别人的胸肌,或是现场作一些瑜珈、身体伸展的动作,还有要人家脱衣服跑步等等。
跟这群淫秽的家伙出门,我早就有面对这种场面的心理预防,想不到的是,两位独自前来的女大生,竟然也愿意参与这种情色游戏。
后来,星爷自己突然说,时间太晚了,要进行最后一把定输赢。
他说这一把他会要求现场活春宫,然后大家就准备睡觉了!不然隔天还要出去玩呢!
于是,阿德说为了公平起见,这一把应该要玩掷骰子,以点数分大小。我在想,一整晚阿德都没拿骰子出来,现在才拿,一定有鬼,所以我直接说不玩,其它七人感觉我很扫兴,我则说那不要玩骰子,阿德听到我这么说,立刻就说:那你不要玩好了,我们先玩。七个人便开始了掷骰子游戏。
最后,星爷掷出了个四个六的清一色,再度当上了国王!阿德与阿泰嘴角微微上翘,淫邪的相互看了一下。
果然不出我所料,星爷要求欣颖跟他做爱。
一开始欣颖有些排斥,后来交换条件就是要盖着棉被并且关掉电灯做才行。
于是大夥看着只剩下内衣裤的两人进到棉被里去,强迫他们把内衣裤丢出来,阿德不知道从哪里拿出来的保险套与润滑液,阿泰把灯光关掉,但是打开厕所的黄灯。感觉上,星爷不断在抚摸欣颖的私处,还舔着她的奶头,偶尔探出头来跟欣颖接吻,阿德在旁边受不了,呼喊着星爷快点干进去,阿泰则忘情的跟女友小青接吻,我跟女大生晓芳尴尬的在一旁呆望着。
此时,阿德的女友珊珊似乎有些情欲高涨,按耐不住性子,把阿德压在地上,开始扒开他的衣服,猛舔那诱人的胸肌,我看到这一幕,不自觉得硬了起来。
阿德有健身的性感肌肉线条,一直是我性幻想时的美好胴体。
珊珊看起来就像个淫妇,几乎快把阿德的身体舔遍了,并且忘情的抚摸着他的裤档突起来的地方。接着,用嘴巴拉下阿德的拉炼,解开短裤后,隔着内裤又闻、又舔、又吻,让我硬的可以,多想也帮阿德服务呀!
阿泰那边依然在热吻,他并且开始抚摸揉捏小青的胸部。外衣都还没脱,不知怎么地,就把小青的内衣脱掉,白色短T映着黄色细微的光线,乳头挺立了出来,阿泰不停地隔着衣服抚摸着。
晓芳跟我是越看越傻眼,他不停的摸着自己的脖子,撩起头发,偷偷望向我。
实在很抱歉,这样的女色对我没有用。
我现在硬起来,是因为觊觎着阿德的身体,加上欣赏阿泰的脸庞,还有星爷那淫秽的呼吸声与刻意放大的吸口水声。
于是我镇定的躺在边角的床上,留下中央大乱斗区给这些男男女女大乱斗。
星爷似乎认为已经做足了前戏,对着欣颖说:「你真是极品,下面又湿又嫩,我要进去了喔」
当星爷插入时,欣颖大叫了一声,并说:啊!我就说你的鸡巴真的很大嘛,好痛。
星爷没有太理会他,掀开棉被,再拿润滑液往欣颖的私处涂抹了一些,紧接着又把鸡巴插了进去。并且前后抽动起来。欣颖一开始紧闭双眉,后来眉头渐渐松开,脸部潮红,还眯着眼看着晓芳,并陆续发出一些呻吟。
我侧躺着看着他们,欣颖的嘴角似乎露出一丝微笑,晓芳开始脱去内衣,并一手伸入内裤里拨弄着,另一手用拇指与食指旋转着自己的奶头。
另一边服侍着阿德的珊珊,一嘴含着阿德的鸡巴,双手则抚摸着阿德全身。
看到星爷她们干了起来,大概自己的性欲也开始飙涨,按耐不住,整个人站起来,朝向阿德的鸡巴立刻做了下去!
并且开始放大胆的呻吟,看着她上上下下,我的性欲更加飙涨,让阿德干,一直是我无法实现的梦想。以前看过他的鸡巴,好多次都想一口含住,我用羡慕与欣赏的眼光,不停盯着阿德那组。
大概是珊珊的淫叫声太大,现场的气氛开始变得淫乱起来,阿泰把女友阿青翻了过去,从后面干了进去,小青看来是个中好手,噘着屁股,让下阴外翻,还不时前后左右摆动,让阿泰干的双眼都迷蒙起来。
晓芳终于按耐不住自慰了,他向我走了过来,跪在我身边,并且拉开我的内裤,掏起火胀的鸡巴,一口吞了进去。我吓了一大跳,却也因为看到阿德英勇地躺在床上向上干珊珊,而特别兴奋,心想,就随她去含吧。隔没多久,阿德对着我说:你怎么可以让可爱的晓芳一个人服务你呢。
于是他把珊珊抱了起来,用火车便当的方式,持续干着她,同时,向我们这边走了过来,我躺在床上清楚的看到阿德鸡巴是如何在珊珊穴中进进出出的,惹的我更异常兴奋。
阿德珊珊抱放在我身旁,拉着我的手,去抚摸晓芳的胸部,同时,也用他的手,伸向晓芳的阴户,搓揉了起来。
晓芳上下被这样服务着,开始发出呻吟。并且吻上了我的唇,我看着阿德的身体,伸出我的舌头跟晓芳缠绕起来。
阿德的性能力很好,看着他身上的汗珠,让我很兴奋。这时候,阿德将鸡巴从珊珊的穴里拔了出来,并且跟珊珊说:你来帮我兄弟一下。紧接着,阿德从晓芳的后面把他抱了起来,阿德面对我坐在床边,让晓芳面对着我,用后背坐的方式,让晓芳的穴去迎接他那湿淋淋的男根。看到这一幕,我差点没有兴奋的叫出声音来,我已经完全在幻想阿德跟我做爱了!
珊珊看我不停往阿德的战场那边看,她不甘心的嘴里那根我的鸡巴,转过头去,面向着阿德,一屁股朝我的鸡巴坐下。并且开始自己的上下的跳动。
我的眼睛始终没有离开阿德,而阿德则跟珊珊两人眉目传情,形成特殊的互干情景。
阿德鸡巴插着晓芳,珊珊阴穴奸着我的屌。
星爷看到我们这边有这么剧烈的互动,按耐不住他情色的个性,向阿泰使的眼色,阿泰拿起一条黑巾,递了一条给星爷,跟小青说,我们来玩刺激的。
于是把她的眼睛绑了起来,星爷也把欣颖的双眼蒙上。此时,两人抽插了一会,突然站了起来,假藉要小青与欣颖侧躺,事实上,两个人互换了位置。
星爷与阿泰,重新就定位后,两人开始对小青与欣颖侧干起来,由于黑巾蒙着,而且鸡巴是从后面往前顶,又侧躺着,这两的女人完全不知道自己的男伴早已换人。小青依然淫叫着,欣颖从闷闷的哼声,越来越放开的淫叫,还不时说:你的鸡巴,怎么越来越大,我快要高潮了!
就在此时,调皮的星爷,把欣颖的蒙眼黑巾突然拿掉,欣颖啊了一声,也伸手去把小青的黑巾取下。小青脸色大变,大骂阿泰说:你……你太过份了……
但星爷并没有停下动作,反而更用力的顶着小青。此时,小青转了过去,主动与星爷亲嘴,并且把星爷按压在地,让自己的阴户彻彻底底的含着星爷的阴茎。
星爷很调皮的说,阿泰,我不客气了喔!于是加快了抽干的动作,小青也配合着,更猛烈的上下跳动,并直呼:啊!好爽喔星爷,你要干死我了!
阿泰见状,带了一点怒气,也开始猛烈的干着欣颖。
最后,星爷总算忍不住,准备弃械投降,他把快要射出来的阴茎从小青洞里拔了出来,却走到我这边来。由于我一直不停看着阿德,嘴巴微张,星爷逮到机会,把鸡巴插了进去,我习惯性的含住,星爷往我喉咙深处一顶,射了大概有十来波,全部都流进我的肚子里。
当星爷把鸡巴拔出来后,阿泰也旋即拔出自己的屌,并且拔掉保险套,往小青的阴户里插去,我猜想那是在申张自己的主权吧!接着我忍耐不住,跟阿泰差不多时间射了出来。
我们都瘫软无力了!阿德却还很强健的,把珊珊拖到通铺的角落,用传教士体位的方式抽干着他,随着珊珊的淫叫,星爷不停用手玩弄着大概已经全身酥麻的欣颖与晓芳,逗着她们两人不听的叫不要啦,会痒。阿泰则又跟小青吻着。
这一夜,拖到好晚好晚才睡着,我总算知道为何要睡大通铺了,我被指定要跟晓芳一起洗澡,在浴室里,她不停用肥皂抚摸着我的屌,我也有意没意的爱抚她的奶头。但是,我的脑海里全部是阿德、阿泰与星爷的性爱画面,原来他们三个人都这么会干。
这趟旅程,不知道是被安排好的,还是意外的,成了淫乱之旅,后面的日子,一夜比一夜精彩,在回台湾前夕,阿德、阿泰、星爷用各种藉口,分别干了我,但是………
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妈妈给美国妈妈的复信
Dear XXX,
感谢长长的来信,同时还要请你原谅。你连续来信,我这边却拖了这么多天才给你写复信,而且,还只能是匆匆复信,不能也不敢说仔细斟酌了措辞和修辞。相信你可以理解并原谅我的迟复,不会跟我斤斤计较这种事,也不会介意我行文的重复和杂乱。
你的信,你的日记都写得太好了。在写信的艺术基本凋零的互联网时代,每次读到你这样的文笔优美、思想深邃的来信,都感觉是最美好的享受,感觉舒心,幸运。
另外,还感觉震慑,震慑于你的行云流水般的文字,还有字里行间所透射出来的低调又富含爆发力的才气。
拖了这么久才复信,一部分原因也是因为感到震慑,感到不写一通可以跟你的来信大致旗鼓相当的回信有些说不过去,但我又没有足够的信心可以写出大致让我自己感到满意的信。
先前我说你写得比我好,你就更上一层楼。或者说,你就更变本加厉,写得更好,简直要吓倒我。这让我有些后悔,也让我拿不准今后是不是该继续夸你,刺激你好上加好,把我彻底震倒,从此不敢再写东西给你看了。
以上所言当然有开玩笑的成分。我当然没有那么玻璃心,没那么容易被震慑或震倒。但玩笑中实话的成分也很大。真的,你写得太好了。
我要说,你的文笔越来越流畅,越来越开放,越来越放开,越来越自由自如、舒卷自如,驱遣自如,就像苏轼所自夸的作文高境界:
“吾文如万斛泉源,不择地而出,在平地滔滔汩汩,虽一日千里无难;及其与山石曲折,随物赋形,而不可知也。所可知者,常行于所当行,常止于不可不止,如是而已矣。”
反复读你写出的如此美妙的文字,我只能认为你现在处于你一生中的最佳境界,感觉很好,很幸福。只有感觉很好很幸福的人才能写出这样的极其精炼又极其自然、富有诗意和感染力的文字:
“又是自然醒。阳光已经照射在窗外的树上。/ 感觉休息充分,精力饱满,通体舒适,幸福、性福感充溢。”
这些文字太厉害了,真是行云流水,浑然天成,言简意赅,意蕴丰富,充满感性、富有性感,富有洞察,但又十足含蓄,且因含蓄而更诱人,更令人不禁遐想无限,想入非非——你和你的小男人该是过了一个怎样美满的周末之夜,带着怎样舒适舒心的疲劳进入梦乡,并在其中得到甜美的休息,才能迎来这样全新的、充分充电的一天。
你跟你的小男人如此琴瑟和谐,太诱人了。
然而,你这几句话却说得这么轻巧,轻妙,轻松,这么自然而然。这样的文字。这样的话语只能出自真正十分幸福的人。
幸福的人说出的话,写出的文字会自然形成一种富有感染力的气场使读者或听者浸润其中。这种感染力具有不可抵御、无以抗拒的强大的放射性,让人感觉如沐春风。
说到这里,我想该轮到我来说,你对我的夸奖让我不禁起疑心了。不错,我是编辑修改了你的文字,但我的编辑修改只是修修补补,小打小闹,很多时候甚至可能把你的好句给改坏了。
我真心认为你所说的 “我好喜欢看给你改过的文;那么多笨拙的句子,啰唆的陈述给你编辑之后变得简洁、通畅、流畅、流动起来,活起来”,这些话实在是言过其实了。我真没你说的那么神奇,那么厉害。
不说别的,我刚才引用的你那几句话(以及接下来的段落)就不是我能写出来的,至少是现在写不出。那样的文句只有在你这种心境和境界中的人才写得出。而且,仅仅是心境和境界还不够,还必须有足够的才能、才分、才情。
是的,我认为你写作的才能、才分、才情在当今中文世界是一流的。我说这话是非常负责的,不是随便乱说的。你要是不肯接受我的这种评价,这种论断,那么,请告诉我,你看到有谁写得比你更好,让我观摩一下,让我也好好学习学习。我相信你找不出这样的一个写手。
我自认为我的阅读足够广泛,我的口味足够高雅和刁钻,有什么好写手我不会看漏,不会有眼不识泰山。当然,我不能排除还不够见多识广,我也相信并乐于承认天外有天,强中自有强中手。但在没看到更高的高手之前,我只能实事求是,实话实说,有什么说什么,不夸张,也不缩小。
你的文字当然还有各种各样的不足或词不达意,但瑕不掩瑜。要说文字有各种各样的不足或词不达意,连世界一流高手的文字都难免有这样的问题。所以,苏轼才会说,“所可知者,常行于所当行,常止于不可不止。” 苏轼的话语措辞很严谨,他在这里所说的 “常” 的意思显然是 “大部分时候”,其言外之意当然就是有时候他行文也不能那么完全得心应手,意到笔随。
回头看我写出的这些文字(将近1600字),感觉跟你的相比太枯燥,太干涩了,差得太远了。你的文字要严谨有严谨,要性感有性感,要风景有风景,而且是那么美的风景,而且是情景交融,看得我好嫉妒,简直要抱怨你是在写自我炫耀的凡尔赛文学。但你的文字又这么低调,这么自然,自然而然,实在不能说是凡尔赛文学。
读着你的文字,感觉就像是跟在你和你的小男人身后走,可以听到你和他的交谈,还可以看到小男人在外面调皮捣蛋,大胆放肆,瞅个机会就对你动手动脚。
小男人说得不错,他外面轻拍、轻抚你身体的时候,你的反应确实是有些过于明显,让人一看就是你和他之间有戏,让人不禁想快走几步追上你们,走到你们前面,然后回头看你们是什么人,什么表情,猜度你们之间到底是怎么回事。
我要说,小男人大概都是这种臭德性。对他们千叮咛万嘱咐,他们还是要在外面冒险,在外面玩心跳。对小男人还是不能太放纵,对他可能的怪动作还是要小心为妙。要叮嘱他,不要在外乱动手动脚,招惹不必要的是非议论甚至麻烦。
关于你日记中间的那通长信,你确实是猜错了。我读得津津有味,感觉你给你的old flame(老情人)的回信充满戏剧性,一点也不觉得枯燥乏味。
是的,你的自评和小男人的评价都不错,你的信确实是明显地口吻严厉,措辞严厉,是很明显地教训他。不知你们当初是怎样交好的,最后又是为什么交恶再分手的。但我想,你们的基本价值观差异过大也是一个重要因素吧。
我不认为你 “教训” 他有什么不好,不妥,或不对。既然不想再跟他重归旧好了,这样有理有节地拒斥他也没什么毛病。我想,你发出的信号足够清楚,尽管你的信的结尾是开放的,说是他提到的一些重要话题你还没来得及说。但我猜想他应当足够知趣,今后大概不会再给你写信要你说了。这正是你求之不得的不是嘛?
很高兴看到在观察和评价中国美国社会和政治时,你跟我的价值观是高度重合的。在这个时代,几乎所有的人都自觉或不自觉地、主动或被动地封闭在自己的信息茧房中,纷争太容易发生,共识非常难以达成。我们的价值观的这种高度重合应当说是非常难得的,非常宝贵的。我很珍惜。
你的小男人评价你的信评价得很精准——你好厉害,好喜欢教训人;你对他(小男人)评价很高。但小男人毕竟还是小男人,只知其一,不知其二。他没有看到或想到,你也喜欢教训他,但你对他跟你对那一位的教训截然不同;前者是充满柔情蜜意,教训中常常带有调情,或教训干脆就是调情;后者则是拒人于千里之外的冷冰冰。
这种反差读起来非常有趣。我要说在这方面我们也很相似,因为我也喜欢教训人,善于教训人(其实是喜欢并善于惹人生气,这是你想不到的吧),而且在教训人的时候我可以很冷酷、恶毒。我也可以以教训为调情。
我也注意到了你在给那一位写信的时候显然是尽力缓和口气。但无论怎样缓和,你拒他于千里之外的冰冷还是寒气逼人。这样也好,让他死了这份心,对他、对你都好。
你9月25日的日记以阳光开始(早上窗外的阳光)开始,以阳光结束(下午卧房的阳光),首尾的温馨和煦的阳光跟中间的冰冷构成鲜明的对照。这种对照既是心境和话题的对照,也是人的对照,这种对照使你的日记有了一种突然又自然的转变和前后呼应。
这种呼应无论是出自你的有意为之还是无意为之,都展示了你的才情和才分。有意为之展示的是你的勤奋好学,娴熟于叙事操控;无意为之展示的则是你的过人天分,可以本能地掌控场景和话题的转换,使叙述平添变化和趣味。
写到这里,猛然想起你还有犀利得惊人的观察和感悟:
“孩子沉睡的样子让人想到安稳,安宁。大人沉睡的样子就看上去就让人想到死亡。”
有这样的死亡阴影映衬凸显,阳光显得更明亮,更迷人。你真够可以的呀,怎么会想出、写出这样的句子来?
虽然已经给你的写作震慑了,但还是期盼读到你更多的写作,更多的行云流水的流水账。
祝你和小男人继续琴瑟和谐,更美妙的音乐源源不绝,
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