Re: USAGE: The name "Chiang Kai-shek"

I don't know about the name itself, but if it helps, Chiang Kai-shek
was a Wu speaker.

Cheers,
Eamon

John Cowan wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the true origin of this name?  It cannot be Mandarin
> (the Mandarin reading is "Jiang Jieshi"), nor Cantonese either.  I have
> had a suggestion that it is Gan; CKS was born in Zhejiang province,
> and [ts\jaN kai s\Ek] is at least plausible in Gan phonology AFAIU.