About The Premium Letters Of LLLL.COMs In China

[xiangmi]

:hi: What do Chinese think about the premium letters of LLLL.COMs in China?Why they love LLLL.COMs without a,e,i,o,u,v？

【Pinyin】

If you know something about Pinyin,scheme for the Chinese phonetic alphabet,you may find out the reasons.

Pinyin is the Romanized system to represent Chinese sounds. It uses the same alphabet as English with additional letter ‘ü’ and four tone markers. The letter ‘v’ is not used in Putonghua, the standard common language in China.

【Initials】

b p m f d t n l
g k h j q x
zh ch sh r z c s

1、An initials is the first consonant of a syllable.
2、Each initial represent one sound. Some initials are represented by two-letters, e.g., ‘zh’ ‘ch’ and ‘sh’.
3、Most sounds are similar to English sounds, but not exactly identical. For example, the sound ‘b’ in Chinese is not voiced. It is a voiceless sound as ‘p’ in English word ‘speak’. The sound ‘p’ is an aspirated voiceless sound as ‘p’ in English word ‘peak’.
4、The following sounds need more attention:
j：a consonant, as 'j' in ‘jeep’ but not aspirated
q：a consonant, as 'ch' in ‘cheek’
x：a consonant, as 'sh' in ‘she’
zh：a consonant, as 'j' in ‘jump’ with retroflexed tongue
ch：a consomant, as 'ch' in ‘church’, strongly aspirated and retroflexed
sh：a consonant, as 'sh' in ‘shore’, retroflexed
z：a consonant, as 'ts' but not aspirated
c：a consonant, as 'ts' in ‘bats’, strongly aspirated

【Finals】

i u ü
a ia ua
o uo
e ie üe
ai uai
ei uei
ao iao
ou iou
an ian uan üan
en in uen ün
ang iang uang
eng ing ueng
ong iong

1、Finals are all sounds after initials.
2、Some finals are single vowel, e.g., ‘a’ ‘o’ ‘e’ ‘i’ ‘u’ and ‘ü’.
3、Some finals are compounds, e.g., ‘ai’ ‘ei’ ‘ao’ and ‘ou’.
4、Some finals end with ‘n’ or ‘ng’, e.g., ‘in’ ‘en’ ‘ang’ and ‘iong’.
5、The pronunciation of vowels is similar to English or some European languages. But the vowel ‘e’ needs special attention. It is pronounced as 'ir' in ‘shirt’, or 'ur' in 'turn' without ‘r’ sound, not English 'e' [i: ]

【Tones】

There are four tones in Chinese. The same syllable with different tones is different in meaning.

【Syllable Structure】

An initial, a final and a tone form a syllable. The tone is superimposed over the entire syllable.

ai
ao
an

ei
er
en

ang
eng

yi
ye

ba
pa
ma
fa
da
ta
na
la
ga
ka
ha
za
ca
sa
ya
wa

zha
cha
sha

bo
po
mo
fo
wo

me
de
te
ne
le
ge
ke
he
re
ze
ce
se

zhe
che
she

bai
pai
mai
dai
tai
nai
lai
gai
kai
hai
zai
cai
sai
wai

zhai
chai
shai

bei
pei
mei
fei
dei
nei
lei
gei
hei
zei
wei

zhei
shei

bao
pao
mao
dao
tao
nao
lao
gao
kao
hao
rao
zao
cao
sao
yao

zhao
chao
shao

pou
mou
fou
dou
tou
nou
lou
gou
kou
hou
rou
zou
cou
sou
you

zhou
chou
shou

duo
tuo
nuo
luo
guo
kuo
huo
ruo
zuo
cuo
suo

zhuo
chuo
shuo

ban
pan
man
fan
dan
tan
nan
lan
gan
kan
han
ran
zan
can
san
yan
wan

zhan
chan
shan

ben
pen
men
fen
nen
gen
ken
hen
ren
zen
cen
sen
wen

zhen
chen
shen

bang
pang
mang
fang
dang
tang
nang
lang
gang
kang
hang
rang
zang
cang
sang
yang
wang

zhang
chang
shang

beng
peng
meng
feng
deng
teng
neng
leng
geng
keng
heng
reng
zeng
ceng
seng
weng

zheng
cheng
sheng

yi
bi
pi
mi
di
ti
ni
li
ji
qi
xi

lia
jia
qia
xia

bie
pie
mie
die
tie
nie
lie
jie
qie
xie

biao
piao
miao
diao
tiao
niao
liao
jiao
qiao
xiao

miu
diu
niu
liu
jiu
qiu
xiu

bian
pian
mian
dian
tian
nian
lian
jian
qian
xian

yin
bin
pin
min
nin
lin
jin
qin
xin

niang
liang
jiang
qiang
xiang

ying
bing
ping
ming
ding
ting
ning
ling
jing
qing
xing

In a word,a,e,i,o,u,v is not an initials of the Chinese phonetic alphabet,that's the reason why Chinese love LLLL.COMs without a,e,i,o,u,v.

Do you know what are the premium letters of LLLL.COMs in China now?
Not a,e,i,o,u,v. :hehe:

——Xiang Mi

 

[accent]

Great, Thank-you.

 

[DotCN]

great post, rep added

 

[Pred]

great stuff

filter will cream when he reads this :sold:

repped

 

[xiangmi]

It is funny that you may also find out an,me,he,she,you, in syllable structure,different pronunciations and meanings between Chinese and English.

The last name and first name are in reverse order of Chinese name and English name.

Do you know Yo-Yo Ma?His name is called as Ma You You in the Chinese phonetic alphabet.

 

[johntv]

Thanks, very useful information
(rep added)

 

[Len]

Excellent information...great post!

 

[DotCN]

That's the reason why 99% of my LLLL.com have no AEIOUV :hehe:

 

[bricio]

great post xiangmi
very very useful info

 

[netklick]

Lovely I am moving to China with my truck load of LLLL with exactly they letters they love. Rep added. Good information for us LLLL peeps.

 

[Name Trader]

Excellent. Thanks.

 

[rkbdomain]

A large portion of developed LLLL.com's are Chinese sites. I have two posts up regarding the development of 100 random LLLL.com's and 100 random NNNNN.com's. It is interesting to see how many LLLL.com's are developed sites (24%) and what a random sample of those sites looks like, and compare it to the NNNNN.com's (46%), which were recently bought out. Assuming the random samples are representative, both types of domains are more developed (especially in the Chinese market) than I would have thought.

 

[wot]

Just to confuse the issue a little more , the above reference is to Mandarin-Putonghua. - 4 tones written as simplified Chinese

Cantonese , written as traditional Chinese also widely spoken, over 100 million actually has nine tones although rarely used and can get you in to lots of trouble if the pronunciation is wrong- I know from experience.

Just for the record, I own Putonghua.cn :hi:

 

[GreenGambler]

REP added.. Excellent post, thank you!

 

[catch]

nice post! thanks !