taigu "Henry H. Tan-Tenn"

taigu "Henry H. Tan-Tenn" 

Hi, Thai-Ui (瘜啣):

The "-h" in "Thai" marks the preceding "t" as aspirated. The character
tones are Thai3-Ui2 (but as you know in natural speech the first tone
changes to 2).

--Hong-giau Tan-Tenn


----- Original Message -----
From: David Chen 
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Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 1:06 PM
Subject: Taigu Spelling of My Name



> Hi
>
> I am an American born Taiwanese-American. I wanted to find out the
> Taigu/Hoklo spelling and pronounciation of my name. My name in Mandarin
is
> Chen Tai-way. I know Chen is Tan. "Tai" is the same character as you
would
> say Thailand in Chinese. "Way" is the same character as in "Da-way" the
> Chinese version of David. Thanks.
>
> David