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Nepenthe -

Backstory: I opened my kitchen cabinet today to discover that a ginger root I bought two months
ago and then forgotten had sprouted. In the dark. In a dry plastic bag. I'm now very fond of it.
I'm going to pot it. Being the kind of dork that needs to name every single living thing, I
decided that my ginger root needed a good Chinese name (Japanese is overdone). I scoured the web
and came up with Changchang -- cute, feminine, not too serious, apparently means "flourishing." I
like that! But I had no idea how to go about finding the right characters for it. This was the
first Chinese-language forum that appeared in my search, so I ask you: Changchang in Chinese
characters?

I'm also open to suggestions of better names.

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lyfey -

Hi, I reckon "长长“ shall be the right character. I like it too. As u said, it does have a
meaning just right for a Sprouted Ginger root, hehe.

Nepenthe -

Thank you, Lyfey! I like the way that looks.

I forgot to ask in my original post: I'm assuming the "a" in "Chang" is not pronounced like the
"a" in "cat," since that sound doesn't exist in most languages. Can anyone give me an
approximation? A little weird, I know, but I'm really just curious now.

imron -

Here is a recording of someone saying 长 from this table of chinese pronunciation.

skylee -

I am thinking ... "长长" can be "chang chang" (long long), "zhang zhang" (grow grow), "zhang
chang" (grow long), or "chang zhang" (keep growing) ...

rootfool -

Quote:

I am thinking ... "长长" can be "chang chang" (long long), "zhang zhang" (grow grow), "zhang
chang" (grow long), or "chang zhang" (keep growing) ...

hmm.I think "zhang chang" and "chang zhang" may more proper.

here is a puzzle about this.

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