Hi
I'm new here and have been looking for hokkien
pronuciation. How do you pronounce 何凯哲 (simplified chinese)
in hokkien. I tried looking at the online dictionary but
still can't figure out the pronuciation. My husband is
hokkien but I'm not. Got this from the link below:
http://solution.cs.ucla.edu/~jinbo/dzl/
何
hou2 姓。 【同音字】 勂呺和哬嗥嚎椃毫河渮獆獋籇荷菏號譹豪魺
ho2 【例】 何必｜如何〔方〕何用〈何必〉
【同音字】
乎和咼啝喖姀媩弧柇楜澕狐猢瓠瓳盉禾箶糊胡萂葫衚訸豪醐鉌鍸餬鬍魱鰗鶘鶦
hua2 【例】 〔方〕何卜〈何必，多用於戲曲〉
【同音字】
樺華鋘鏵驊鷨
ua2 【例】 〔方〕無奈何 凯〔凱〕
kai3 【同音字】 剴塏嵦愷暟楷輆鍇鎧颽 哲
diat7 【同音字】 悊蜇
I'm confused. Can someone help?
Hi Koko51 !
I've seen your quoted online dictionary is based on 泉州's variety
of pronunciation
Basically in Singapore the 3 types of varieties are 泉州's type,
厦门's type, and 漳州's type
For names, there is a rule in the 闽南 (Hokkien, Teochew) speaking
areas, which surnames is usually in Vernacular pronunciation
(unless the literay pronunciation is fully naturalized in surname
usage), while given names is always in Literary pronunciation if
there is any (with exceptions to the rule)
Example: 孙中山 (to be pronounced in the 厦门 variety /
transcribed by me in common singaporean orthography)
孙 Vernacular Pronunciation: Sng , Literary Pronunciation: Sun
中 Vernacular Pronunciation: (Nil) , Literary Pronunciation:
Tiong
山 Vernacular Pronunciation: Suah , Literary Pronunciation: San
Therefore, his name would be read as Sng Tiong San, and not Sun
Tiong San, and not Sng Tiong Suah, and not Sun
Tiong Suah.
Therefore, 何凯哲 in 厦门's Hokkien variety is presented below
(written in common Singaporean orthography):
何 Vernacular Pronunciation: Wa , Literary Pronunciation: Ho
(naturalized in surname usage)
凯 Vernacular Pronunciation: (Nil), Literary Pronunciation: Khai /
Khye
哲 Vernacular Pronunciation: (Nil), Literary Pronunciation: Tiat /
Tiet
Therefore, 何凯哲 can be written as Ho Khai Tiat, or Ho Khye Tiat, or Ho Khai Tiet, or Ho Khye Tiet.
What you have plucked out from the website is exactly similar to
what I have pointed out to you, except their website uses
k in place of my kh, and
d in place of my t.