Talk:Kwai Chang Caine

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[edit] intro

this pages still needs fact checking and citations. Califman831 07:38, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Caine's name

For the record, here is a table which spells out Caine's Chinese name in the major dialects.[1] I have left it out of the main article, because I think it is overkill. The above website doesn't provide Zhangzhou accent. However, I have put it here to show how I arrived at the conclusion that Caine's name is based on Zhangzhou speech. The key evidence that it is Zhangzhou, and not Xiamen is the pronunciation chhiang as opposed to chhiong. Also, the 官 (Kwai) character is usually koan ([kuan]) or koaN ([kuã]) in Xiamen speech; however, there is precedent for a phonologic shift from koan or koaN to koaiN ([kuaĩ]), especially in Zhangzhou (look up 關 here or here). -- A-cai 13:57, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Mandarin	Shanghai	Xiamen	Zhangzhou	Chaozhou	Hakka	Cantonese
qian2	jji3	khian5	khian5	kiang1	kien2	kin4
guan1	gueu1	koaN1	koaiN1	guan1	fon4	gun1
chang1	caang1	chhiong1	chhiang1	ciang1	tsong1	cheung1