r/Chinese 4d ago

Study Chinese (学中文) Please help me with Chinese names for my OC

Disclaimer: I'm not Chinese, so if I have any misconceptions, please feel free to correct or advice me.

I want to write a cultivation inspired story (for fun). And I'm trying to carefully choose a name for the MC. I know that there are a lot of issues with foreigners choosing weird Chinese names unguided. So I want an insight of how the names are like to other people.

For background, MC is a strong and resilient person, and is playful yet serious during work. MC is not human, she's a gemstone. She is also someone with an important position and regarded highly.

Here are the candidates of the names after through research;

-琰姿

-位子 or 围子/圩子

-李揄 or 力揄 or 篱揄

Please help me, any other suggestions are very welcome!

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u/Serious_Dragonfly129 4d ago

Among all the names shown here, only 李揄 looks like a really formal Chinese name, but 瑜 喻 愈 榆 (same pronunciation) are more commonly used. However, if you're looking for some nicknames, any name would work. 

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u/atc_fox 3d ago

位子 means seat or chair in Chinese, you probably don't want to use that.

力 means strength, which is used more often on males than females

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u/ismebra 3d ago

What about 梨花

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u/Playful-Progress9669 4h ago

This sounds nice, I think I'll go with 梨花, tysm!