Name: Wong

[XP1]

The Wong for Cantonese is Wong Zi Gin
and Wong for Mandarin is Huang Zi Jian.

黄子建 is for Wong in Simplified Chinese (Mandarin)
I want the Mandarin form (As well as Cantonese, if possible) in Japanese.

 

[XP1]

Does anyone know?

 

[jeisan]

I don't even understand what you're asking.
you want "wong" in japanese? if so then it would just be the katakana ワング (wangu)

but maybe you should be more specific...

 

[Elizabeth]

I don't even understand what you're asking.
you want "wong" in japanese? if so then it would just be the katakana ワング

I believe it's actually ウォン -- although the original Chinese may be used in parallel alongside it, particularly for cases like published names or well-known officials visiting Japan which might have a broader audience than just Japanese. And of course many kanji are know across all of East Asia as well.

 

[XP1]

I don't even understand what you're asking.
you want "wong" in japanese? if so then it would just be the katakana ワング (wangu)

but maybe you should be more specific...

It's a Chinese last name.

 

[jeisan]

lol i know what wong is, i just dont know what you want to be done with it.
you want a translation on meaning or phonetics or kanji or romanji. for wong or the whole name?

also elizabeth's kanas are most likely the right ones, she's a whole lot better in japanese than i am.

 

[Elizabeth]

It's a Chinese last name.

I'm confused too.

My only reference is 王 which is the character for Wang in Mandarin, correct ?

And so 黄, is that for Huang ?
Did you want Huang in katakana as well ?

 

[jeisan]

黄子建 should be both wong zi gin and huang zi jian, as cantonese and mandarin share the same "alphabet" the words are just said differently. like hongkong and guandong have the same 'kanji' and meaning.

i went with ワ because i thought it matched the sound wong better than ヲ. not doing wang, sorry if i mislead it in that direction

 

[Elizabeth]

黄子建 should be both wong zi gin and huang zi jian, as cantonese and mandarin share the same "alphabet" the words are just said differently. like hongkong and guandong have the same 'kanji' and meaning.

That's clear enough, jeisan. . I was simply confirming that Huang was 黄 (the same meaning of yellow in Japanese, but nothing close in pronunciation) and asking if XP1 wanted that in katakana as the initial post seemed to indicate both a Mandarin and Cantonese -- Japanese translation.

and @XPI, is Wang (like Wong) then only a Cantonese or Anglozised way of saying the name as well?

 

[XP1]

lol i know what wong is, i just dont know what you want to be done with it.
you want a translation on meaning or phonetics or kanji or romanji. for wong or the whole name?

also elizabeth's kanas are most likely the right ones, she's a whole lot better in japanese than i am.

as much as you can do.

 

[beluga]

What exactly are you looking for?

The Japanese equivalent kanji? In this case, it does have all the same kanji character in Japanese. 黄子建 <- I just typed this 3 characters using Jap IME.

Or were you looking for Japanese way of pronouncing it?
In this case, I guess what you want is the On pronounciation. After looking through the dictionary,
On pronounciation for
黄 is くう or おう
子 is し or す
建 is けん or こん
So, you'd have to figure out yourself, which combination sounds the best to you. おうしけん？These On pronounciation may be so rare that it takes a few tricks to train the MS IME to get it display the words correctly by typing おうしけん to become 黄子建.

 

[XP1]

thanks beluga