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Gam Ka Fung - hanyu pinyin updates

PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:16 am
by williamwan
Gam Ka Fung 甘家鳳 shd be Gan Jia Feng and not Gan Gu Feng.

I notice that the word 家 in some names is quoted as "gu" in hanyu pinyin instead of "jia". Although, the dictionary does support both translation, Jia converted to cantonese "Ka" is more close in sound. So far, I have not read any name in hanyu pinyu which state 家 as "gu".

Re: Gam Ka Fung - hanyu pinyin updates

PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:35 am
by bkasten
WILLIAMWAN wrote:Gam Ka Fung ¥Ì®a»ñ shd be Gan Jia Feng and not Gan Gu Feng.

I notice that the word ®a in some names is quoted as "gu" in hanyu pinyin instead of "jia". Although, the dictionary does support both translation, Jia converted to cantonese "Ka" is more close in sound. So far, I have not read any name in hanyu pinyu which state ®a as "gu".


As far is I know ®a is not a ¯}­µ¦r and the pinyin is always jia1. :-)

It's a bug in the transliteration Perl module that Dave used. I will have this fixed very soon.