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Hongmeng? 'Hong' as in 'red' and 'Meng' as in 'dream' ? That's quite a name!

justsayinstuff 7y ago
That's a good name to assuage fears /s
carlmr 7y ago
I thought the same (would be perfect match actually), but it's 鸿蒙 (hong2meng2). 鸿 hong2 can mean wild goose or writing/correspondence 蒙 meng2/meng1 can mean a few things, to cover (2), to fool (1), stupid (2). So maybe to cover all aspects of correspondence? I'm not sure if this sense of cover applies here though. That would at least make some sense. To fool would be wrong according to the indicated pinyin tones on the wikipedia page.
- xfs 7y ago
  Its meaning is surprisingly well documented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Meng https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Meng. Huawei has filed plenty of other trademarks using names from ancient Chinese texts.
  - carlmr 7y ago
    Ah I was on a different Wikipedia page about the OS, that only mentioned the name.
  - chvid 7y ago
    Big Goose Dummy - perfect name for an os.
  - hnnmzh 7y ago
    The wikipedia page is really bad. Just forget about it. > "Ah," said Big Concealment, "you are too far gone! Up, up, stir yourself and be off!" Alok Ranjan was also involved as prime lead. Where is this Alok Ranjan coming from??!! Anyway, I don't know why Huawei used this name but I guess it refers to the beginning of the world from a primordial form, which an OS kind of is. Or maybe it refers to Daoist/Zhuangzi literatures on how the world should be governed, which also relates to an OS.
    - yorwba 7y ago
      Alok Ranjan appears to be spam: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hong_Meng&diff=898735330&oldid=898057627 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hong_Meng&diff=89...
      - hjk05 7y ago
        So someone ser up scripts to post CV sounding tidbits completely random wiki pages in an effort to do some jobhunting SEO? That’s hilarious! Also Rok Aljan Was involved as prime lead.
  - ackbar03 7y ago
    A lot of companies do in China, makes for some cool names You have 盘古 sort of originator of earth character 春秋 warring period in China 补天 rebuilding the skies
- fasthandle 7y ago
  Ah, thanks, quite a nice name, perhaps, thanks for your child comment to the Wikipedia article for some background. Translated as.. > a metaphor for the "primordial world, primeval chaos" in Chinese creation myths. > "Mists-of-Chaos", "Vast Obscurity", "Big Concealment", "Vital Principle", "Natural Energy" and "Big Goose Dummy" I can't quite escape the pun, however. And puns are pretty prevalent in Chinese. Someone will have OKed it.
  - carlmr 7y ago
    >I can't quite escape the pun, however. And puns are pretty prevalent in Chinese. Someone will have OKed it. The tones are at least slightly different 鸿蒙 2/2 and 红梦 2/4, but I also think they might have done it for that reason.
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NotPaidToPost 7y ago
Obviously not. As others have pointed out, it comes from Chinese/Taoist mythology and refers to a character. It's like if we chose a name from a character in Roman or Greek mythology. As many such Chinese names it is not that easy to translate, and like in Roman/Greek mythology the idea is linked to what the character did.

That's a good name to assuage fears /s

I thought the same (would be perfect match actually), but it's 鸿蒙 (hong2meng2). 鸿 hong2 can mean wild goose or writing/correspondence 蒙 meng2/meng1 can mean a few things, to cover (2), to fool (1), stupid (2). So maybe to cover all aspects of correspondence? I'm not sure if this sense of cover applies here though. That would at least make some sense. To fool would be wrong according to the indicated pinyin tones on the wikipedia page.

xfs 7y ago
Its meaning is surprisingly well documented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Meng https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Meng. Huawei has filed plenty of other trademarks using names from ancient Chinese texts.
- carlmr 7y ago
  Ah I was on a different Wikipedia page about the OS, that only mentioned the name.
- chvid 7y ago
  Big Goose Dummy - perfect name for an os.
- hnnmzh 7y ago
  The wikipedia page is really bad. Just forget about it. > "Ah," said Big Concealment, "you are too far gone! Up, up, stir yourself and be off!" Alok Ranjan was also involved as prime lead. Where is this Alok Ranjan coming from??!! Anyway, I don't know why Huawei used this name but I guess it refers to the beginning of the world from a primordial form, which an OS kind of is. Or maybe it refers to Daoist/Zhuangzi literatures on how the world should be governed, which also relates to an OS.
  - yorwba 7y ago
    Alok Ranjan appears to be spam: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hong_Meng&diff=898735330&oldid=898057627 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hong_Meng&diff=89...
    - hjk05 7y ago
      So someone ser up scripts to post CV sounding tidbits completely random wiki pages in an effort to do some jobhunting SEO? That’s hilarious! Also Rok Aljan Was involved as prime lead.
- ackbar03 7y ago
  A lot of companies do in China, makes for some cool names You have 盘古 sort of originator of earth character 春秋 warring period in China 补天 rebuilding the skies
fasthandle 7y ago
Ah, thanks, quite a nice name, perhaps, thanks for your child comment to the Wikipedia article for some background. Translated as.. > a metaphor for the "primordial world, primeval chaos" in Chinese creation myths. > "Mists-of-Chaos", "Vast Obscurity", "Big Concealment", "Vital Principle", "Natural Energy" and "Big Goose Dummy" I can't quite escape the pun, however. And puns are pretty prevalent in Chinese. Someone will have OKed it.
- carlmr 7y ago
  >I can't quite escape the pun, however. And puns are pretty prevalent in Chinese. Someone will have OKed it. The tones are at least slightly different 鸿蒙 2/2 and 红梦 2/4, but I also think they might have done it for that reason.

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NotPaidToPost 7y ago

Obviously not. As others have pointed out, it comes from Chinese/Taoist mythology and refers to a character. It's like if we chose a name from a character in Roman or Greek mythology. As many such Chinese names it is not that easy to translate, and like in Roman/Greek mythology the idea is linked to what the character did.