some most commonly used male names in Mandarin Chinese are the following: Chao (commonly used accompanying another name prior to this, i.e. as middle name ) Cheng , Cong , Dalai (this means : look towards the ocean ) Deshi , Dewei ( noble or upper class ) Enlai, Fai , Gao, Gang Sheng , Hao (honest and good heart) Huan Yue , Jin, Joon, Kang, Kong, , Liu (means Sauce, a very common type of shrub in regions of China) Mao, Ming, Qiang, Qing, Ru, Shaiming (sunlight) Shaoran (little wolf) Shen (God, life, soul) Shun (soft), Shuo (success) ) Tao, Tse, Wang (worthy of a king) Wong (yellow) Wu (line or magician) Xen, Xiao Xiao, Ya, Yamei, Yuan, YoungZao, Zhi Chao, Zhi is "smart" and Chao "superior" for its symbols when written , so together it is understood as : smart and superior. Zhou (help . ) Zhu (Your definition is somewhat strange, "vertical". ) All these appellate appeals are in piyin; piyin is the term used to describe Chinese names written in our alphabet, and are directly related to their phonetics when pronounced in traditional Chinese.
