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As the names of Chinese people are made up of each single Chinese character that has fixed pronunciation, it is only a combination of these when a name is given, so it is easy for other people to read out the name correctly without having to ask the owner of the name. Of course there are a few Chinese words (characters) that have more than one sound, and when it is used in a name, it has to be determined by the owner which sound is the correct one to avoid embarrassment.
As far as I know, the names in general in English are those like John, Sam, Michael that can be found in the Bible or other famous novels or stories, and there will not be any difficulty for other people to read them out.
But now there are many other names available in real life, like Rishi Sunak, Kwasi Kwarteng, etc, that can eventually be known and read by the public because they are important persons and there are people of the press to determine their right sound. But if it is an ordinary name found in paper and one is not sure how to pronouce it when faced with it, where could he find the help? Is there such a vocabulary for all those names with phonetic signs provided?
As far as I know, the names in general in English are those like John, Sam, Michael that can be found in the Bible or other famous novels or stories, and there will not be any difficulty for other people to read them out.
But now there are many other names available in real life, like Rishi Sunak, Kwasi Kwarteng, etc, that can eventually be known and read by the public because they are important persons and there are people of the press to determine their right sound. But if it is an ordinary name found in paper and one is not sure how to pronouce it when faced with it, where could he find the help? Is there such a vocabulary for all those names with phonetic signs provided?