Talk:Color Naming Rule/@comment-410526-20160901173103/@comment-10380701-20160902030253

With regards to Mei, May, Mai and the like, sometimes, certain Chinese names will eventually be converted to a more western spelling when written in english.

In this case, Mei and May are technically the same name, just one is written like how it's pronounced while one is written to fit better in english.

So with that, the most common way to use Mei is 美, which translates to something like "beautiful" or "pretty".

May Zedong literally means "Beautiful Purple Mushroom". Credits to my mom for this info tho.