Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2021 November 4

= November 4 =

Chiang Chung-Cheng
According to our article on Chiang Kai-shek, at some point of his life, changed his name from Jiang Zhiqing to Chiang Chung-cheng. Now, from a foreign point of view, it may look/sound very similar to an ethnic slur (see Ching chong chang). Does it sound strange, funny or peculiar from a native perspective? Is it common for Chinese names to have similar repetitions of sounds? Any insight is welcome. Thank you. --195.62.160.60 (talk) 14:16, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Interestingly, the cited source does NOT mention any name change. It only mentions the second name.  I'll tag the statement as it is not verified as yet.-- Jayron 32 14:50, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * We have an article: Order of Chiang Chung-Cheng, which mentions that Chiang Chung-Cheng is the Chinese name of President Chiang Kai-shek; citation:


 * By the way, "Jiang Zhiqing" and "Chiang Chung-cheng" use completely different systems for rendering Chinese into the Latin alphabet. Jiang and Chiang could actually be the same... AnonMoos (talk) 01:12, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * They are the same surname, written 蔣 in traditional Chinese characters. Our article Chiang mentions "Jiang" as an alternative spelling. The spelling "Jiang Zhiqing" is simplified pinyin – simplified by leaving out the diacritics indicating the tones. The romanization "Chiang Chung-cheng" of 蔣中正 looks like (simplified?) Wade–Giles. In simplified pinyin it becomes "Jiang Zhongzheng". --Lambiam 20:51, 5 November 2021 (UTC)