| Some names to avoid naming
your children
Monica Cheng (in Hokkien) -- touching your buttocks Michael Tan (in Cantonese) -- selling eggs Tommy Huang (in Mandarin) -- Tang Ming Huang : Ming Dynasty's emperor Lucy Liaw (in Hokkien) -- You are dead Judy Soo (in Malay) -- Lost in Gamble Paul Chan (in Mandarin) -- bankrupt Nelson Tan (in Mandarin) -- bird laying eggs Jason Tan (in Mandarin) -- bluff people laying eggs Nelson Chong (in Mandarin) -- worms infested bird
Moon Lan Ding -- A great achievement of the American space program Gun Pao Der -- An ancient Chinese invention Lin Ching -- An illegal execution Hia Yu -- Greeting Wai So Dim -- Are you trying to save electricity? Shai Gai -- Bashful person Lo Fing -- Being nonproductive Wa Shing Kah -- Cleaning an automobile Si Ling Fan -- Device to keep you cool Jan Ne Ka Sun -- Former late night talk show host Ar U Wun Tu -- Gay liberation greeting Lao Ze Sho -- Gilligan's Island Chin Tu Fat -- Have you considered a face lift? Wai Go Nao -- How about staying a while? Ai Bang Mai Ni -- I bumped into the coffee table Wai Hang Mi -- I do not deserve the death penalty Ai No Pei -- I have a press pass Yu Bai Tu Hai -- I see you are not doing well in the stock market Hao Long Wei Ting -- Inquiry to determine if bus is due No Wei Ding -- Keep out of pond Ne Ahn -- Lighting fixture used in advertising signs Lei Tsho -- Midnight television program Jah Kee Pin Ching -- My underwear is too tight Sum Ting Wong -- Not everything is right here Lao Zi -- Not very good Wai Yu Kum Nao -- Our meeting was for next Thursday Wan Bum Lung -- Person with tuberculosis Tai Ne Bae Be -- Premature infant No Bai Dam Ting -- Prices are too high here Lei Lo -- Remain out of sight Ten Ding Ba -- Serving drinks to people Tai Ne Po Ne -- Small horse Dum Gai -- Stupid fellow Wai U Shao Ting -- There is no reason to raise your voice Hia Dei Kum -- They are approaching No Pah King -- Tow-away zone Hu Yu Hai Ding -- We have reason to believe you are harboring a fugitive Yu Zhu Lee Wong -- Weather forecaster Hu Flung Dung -- Which one of you fertilized the field? Wai Yu Mun Ching -- You're blowing your diet Shu Man Go -- Your body odour is offensive |