Pronunciation of a Chinese name.

[TheVrolok]

My girlfriend just called me and told me her roomate's name is Ke Wei and she asked me how to pronounce it. I'm not sure. She and I just sorta thought it would sound like Kay - Weigh. But we really have no idea, anyone know the correct way it should be pronunced?

 

[neutralizer]

Ask her how everyone else pronounces it.

 

[Ranger X]

I think it's more like Key-Way.

 

[neutralizer]

Oh and if I don't know what to call people, I usually call them "Hey"

 

[ElFenix]

get assigned a roommate for college? she'll find out when she introduces herself

 

[fastz28]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
My girlfriend just called me and told me her roomate's name is Ke Wei and she asked me how to pronounce it. I'm not sure. She and I just sorta thought it would sound like Kay - Weigh. But we really have no idea, anyone know the correct way it should be pronunced?

LOL, why doesn't she just ask her roommate?

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: fastz28

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
My girlfriend just called me and told me her roomate's name is Ke Wei and she asked me how to pronounce it. I'm not sure. She and I just sorta thought it would sound like Kay - Weigh. But we really have no idea, anyone know the correct way it should be pronunced?

LOL, why doesn't she just ask her roommate?

She received a piece of paper in the mail with her name on it. That's how it's done these days .. you find out via a letter weeks before you go away to school. She wants to call her but would rather correctly pronounce her name...

 

[Zhou]

key way is correct

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: Zhou
key way is correct

Thanks.

 

[metalmania]

Actually, "Ke" should not be pronounced as "Key".

Try "Kurt" without "t", that name sounds like "Kur way".

Believe me.

 

[EvilYoda]

I don't know about the "kurt"-'t'...wei is definitely "way", just depends on the tone

My input would be "key-way" as well.

Guess we'll find out.

 

[manly]

It depends on the Romanization.

If it's pinyin, the official system of mainland China, then Ke sounds like "kuh".

I don't know much Chinese, so I can't say definitively. Most likely, the lady has an English name anyway.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
My girlfriend just called me and told me her roomate's name is Ke Wei and she asked me how to pronounce it. I'm not sure. She and I just sorta thought it would sound like Kay - Weigh. But we really have no idea, anyone know the correct way it should be pronunced?

i take Chinese.

Its 'keh' (as in uh, but with a k noise at the begginning. LIke 'can' without the 'n' ending. you get it) 'way' as in 'way to go' or i 'weigh' half a pound.


Its not hard.


edit: key-way is wrong. AFAIK, anyway, but I've had three years of the language and have yet to encounter a 'key' pronounciation.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: metalmania
Actually, "Ke" should not be pronounced as "Key".

Try "Kurt" without "t", that name sounds like "Kur way".

Believe me.

he's right

 

[Wheatmaster]

its depends on which part of china she/or her family is from. the pronounication of a word is different in cantonese and mandarin

 

[metalmania]

I speak Chinese very well. That is a "Pinyin" name. Good luck.