Show HN: I made a tool that generates your Chinese name based on your name (chname.dev)

18 points by zshaoz 1y ago ↗ HN

Hacked it together over the weekend. It can tell you the meaning of each character, how to write it and how to pronounce it!

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bobbiechen 1y ago ↗

Neat. Reminds me of https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/03/21/beau-jessup-teen-pays-co... in the opposite direction.

humptybumpty 1y ago ↗

Audio doesn’t work on Ios.

Gave me two different responses when I tried different browsers.

Too bad only one of the character cards explain pronounciation.

zshaoz 1y ago ↗

Lemme check that out. Are you using Safari on iOS?

The responses are supposed to be randomly generated, it's powered by AI behind the scenes.

JHonaker 1y ago ↗

Very neat, but audio doesn't work on desktop either. (Linux, Firefox) I had an old-school generated voice say "Chinese letter Chinese letter Chinese letter." It was definitely amusing, but I don't think that's what you were going for.

zshaoz 1y ago ↗

Oh, ok lemme check that out! thanks for highlighting!

nazeern 1y ago ↗

This is awesome! Just a heads up, I didn't get any pronunciation on web.

zshaoz 1y ago ↗

Can I check what browser and OS are you using?

albertauyeung 1y ago ↗

Very nice! I see the pronunciation is in Cantonese but it gives the mandarin pinyin. Do you want to make it consistent?

zshaoz 1y ago ↗

Oh, maybe because the audio function will speak the chinese words according to your local settings. I should fix it, thanks for highlighting!