The True Meanings of Asian Names

Wa Shing Kah---------------- Cleaning an automobile

Wai So Dim------------------ Are you trying to save electricity?

Wai U Shao Ting------------- There is no reason to raise your voice

Ai Bang Mai Ne-------------- I bumped into the coffee table

Chin Tu Fat----------------- You need a face lift

Dum Gai--------------------- A stupid person

Gun Pao Der----------------- An ancient Chinese invention

Hu Flung Dung--------------- Which one of you fertilized the field?

Hu Yu Hai Ding------------- We have reason to believe you are harboring a fugutive

Jan Ne Ka Sun--------------- A former late night talk show host

Kum Hia--------------------- Approach me

Lao Ze Sho------------------ Gilligan's Island

Lao Zi---------------------- Not very good

Lin Ching------------------- An illegal execution

Moon Lan Ding--------------- A great achievement of the Americanspaceprogram

Ne Ahn---------------------- A lighting fixture used in advertisingsigns

Shai Gai-------------------- A bashful person

Tai Ne Bae Be--------------- A premature infant

Tai Ne Po Ne---------------- A small horse

Tai Ne Ba Bol--------------- A Don Ho song (see "Yu Mai Te Tan",below)

Ten Ding Ba----------------- Serving drinks to people

Wan Bum Lung---------------- A person with T.B. or Cancer

Yu Mai Te Tan--------------- Your vacation in Hawaii agrees with you