Zhouyi's naming homophony theory is a method of using good homophony to choose names. The so-called homophonic words, two words with the same or similar homophony are called "homophonics". Using homophonic words to express meaning often has an implicit and euphemistic effect. The pronunciation is the sound of a word when it is pronounced. Zhou Yi's naming should pay attention to the harmony of characters and sounds. The name should not only sound nice, but also be loud and auspicious.
Dr. Yi used practical application and empirical research to come up with the following methods:
1. Avoid bad homophonic words that make people feel indecent. For example: Zhang Wei, Liu Wei, and Tian Wei all have no homophones, but Yang Wei (impotence) and so on have bad homophones. For example: Li Jia and Xu Jia are fine, but Wang Jia (who died) is not good. It puts the parties under unnecessary psychological pressure and easily becomes a laughing stock.
2. Pay attention to the elegance and rhyme of pronunciation. The phonology of Chinese characters is very particular. The same words, if organized according to phonological requirements, will sound good, but if not, they may sound bad. So how do you pay attention to the elegance and rhyme of the pronunciation of the characters when naming Zhouyi? In summary, the main aspects are the following three aspects:
(1) Try to avoid the same initial consonants and finals. Initial consonants refer to the consonants at the beginning of Chinese character syllables. For example: "wang" is spelled from "W" (W) and ANG (ang). It is not appropriate to name it as "Wang Wenwei" (wang wen wei). The three letters are the same, which makes it difficult to pronounce. The "Bao Bo Gang" also made the same mistake. If you exchange one word between the two names and change them to "Wang Bowei" and "Bao Wenbang" or "Wang Wenwei" and "Bao Bowei", it will be much more pleasant. Try to avoid the same initial consonants of two adjacent words, and the pronunciation will be smoother. Just catchy. Similarly, we should pay attention to this issue when it comes to rhymes.
(2) Try to avoid the same vowels. Finals refer to the syllables of a Chinese character, except for the initial consonants.
If the vowels are the same, the pronunciation of the characters is very similar. When naming Zhouyi, if the names have the same finals, they will not sound loud when read and will be difficult to pronounce. For example: the name "Huang Guangkuan" also made this mistake and does not sound good.
(3) Simultaneous combinations should be avoided as much as possible. When naming Zhouyi, we should pay attention to musicality and rhythm. There is no change in the tone of the combination with the same voice, and of course there is no musicality and rhythm at all. The name given will not be loud or pleasant. For example: The three characters of the name "Liu Jingxuan" all have a rising tone, which does not sound loud when pronounced. It would sound much better if it was changed to "Liu Jingxuan". Of course, the phonological combination of each character in a name is a very complex issue, and there is no dogma. The general principle is that it sounds nice and loud, making the name musical and rhythmic.