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[faraithi sayounara~*waves*]

Yesterday, me and my friend was really bored in class, so I started listing all the names of current and previous morning musume members. Then my friend saw their names and got inspired and started to write their names in how they would sound in chinese... This is all in good fun and so fans please do NOT get offended but just laugh along if you understand chinese.

I certainly understand Chinese, and together with sanrio, I'm:

...laughing with tears too

[Atarimae]

OMG. hahahahahaha SAYUMIN poor girl but...pffffft

[シャボン玉]

I like Yossy's the best. It sort of seems to make sense, like if someone was being attacked or something.

[oyaboo]

My chinese isnt exacatilly the best but surprisingly enough i understood this
this is pure brilliance

[Nowhere Man]

I'm completely clueless at chinese, but.... LOL it would have been even more hilarious if Risa's translation belonged to Rika

LOL KonKon... even her name translation is related to food

Kemeko's sounds as if she was some sort of car racer

Goto's is just....er... somehow it doesn't sound too right

Kaorin's sounds like a slogan for some kind of charity

Sayu's... just, poor Sayu

Oh.. and Yossie's HARDCORE!!! ( ANYTHING!!! JUST BOMB ME, DAMMIT!!!!)

[TerryXX]

My chinese isnt exacatilly the best but surprisingly enough i understood this
this is pure brilliance

haha same here, oh also, i really want to know how to say niigaki's 2nd character in canto. the mandarin is yuan, but does it sound the same as 'circular' yuan?

[gubu chan chan]

^ Hey Terry, im not oyaboo but I think you wouldnt mind me answering
But firstly, I think you have made a mistake.
No part in Niigaki's name is pronounced "yuan".
Did you perhaps meant to say someone else?

10. Niigaki Risa 你咖鸡 皮萨 Chinese hanyupinyin: nikaji pisa means you add chicken love

[faraithi sayounara~*waves*]

^ @won_bun837:
I'm Chinese and happened to have studied Mandarin Chinese for over 10 years when I was much younger, so I think I can clarify some of the confusion!

No part in Niigaki's name is pronounced "yuan".

Actually, the mandarin pronunciation of 新垣 里沙 is "xīn yuán lǐ shā"!

10. Niigaki Risa 你咖鸡 皮萨 Chinese hanyupinyin: nikaji pisa means you add chicken love

"nikaji pisa" is the humorous Mandarin or Hanyu pinyin transliteration of the Japanese pronunciation of 新垣 里沙 (Niigaki Risa).
And the specific Chinese characters chosen for "nikaji pisa" was "你咖鸡 皮萨", which actually does not mean "you add chicken love"!

[kamegoo]

LOL, this is really fun. I like Goto Maki's HHH!

i like them all! haha. they're all cool!

[faraithi sayounara~*waves*]

the mandarin is yuan, but does it sound the same as 'circular' yuan?

The answer is yes!

垣 (yuán)
圆 (yuán)

[gubu chan chan]

^Oh, right, lolz silly me
I didnt know he meant Niigaki's real kanji name.
I thought he meant the transliteration

Dont worry guys, about my cluelessness, lol

[ぐ-ちゃん ♡]

Hhahaha~ That was pretty funny

[TerryXX]

the mandarin is yuan, but does it sound the same as 'circular' yuan?

The answer is yes!

垣 (yuán)
圆 (yuán)

ahh ok thanks, im wondering if you (or anyone) knows how to say it in cantonese as well

[faraithi sayounara~*waves*]

im wondering if you (or anyone) knows how to say it in cantonese as well

Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know!
But may I ask, among all the Chinese dialects, why do you want to know only the Cantonese pronunciation?

[TerryXX]

im wondering if you (or anyone) knows how to say it in cantonese as well

Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know!
But may I ask, among all the Chinese dialects, why do you want to know only the Cantonese pronunciation?

lol coz i speak mandarin and cantonese, i know how to say risa's name in mandarin and cantonese except that character
but yeah thanks anyways, maybe this is something ill never find out

[LuckyAngel]

i still don't know chinese a lot...
thanks for the info....
their names sounds funny in chinese...

[Waku!Waku!]

Yaguchi Mari - Duck dog chicken horsepower?

hahahaha animal lover

[Tsim.07]

@TerryXX: The Cantonese pronunciation of 垣 is wun4, like 援. Hope that helps

[Floo]

I did this with Yurina's name and got "Buy it cool with the japanese".

[Karma]

That's just prove for Yurina's coolness Even the Chinese approve