I suppose that's a fair enough request.  "Xian Pu" is a mistranslation
deliberately introduced by Richard Lawson, who was aware that it was a
mistranslation and probably didn't expect that he was creating an

everlasting

fanfic cliche.  The kanji for Shampoo's name are shown in the manga.  I

can't

confirm this myself since I don't have a Chinese dictionary, but

supposedly

they are pronounced "Shan Pu".  The meaning of the kanji, from Theresa
Martin's guide, are "coral" and "uncut jade". >>
Um, question: is that the Japanese or Chinese reading of the characters?

Well, the kanji are $B;9`y(B, and their meaning is 'coral' and 'uncut jade'. The
basic meaning of a kanji does not change between languages. The Chinese
readings are 'shan pu'. Dont ask me the tones, I dont know how to write them
properly. But shan is unmarked, pu has an acute accent on it.

$B;9`y(B
Shampoo
shanpuu - can be considered a japanese transliteration of teh chinese
shan pu - the original chinese
san haku - the reading of the characters if it were Japanese
xian pu - a deliberate mistransliteration

and the same rows for Mousse and Cologne [pinyin romanisation]. The Japanese
readings I have assigned are a little arbitrary.

$B]te/(B
Mousse
muusu
mu si (mu has a grave accent)
moku shi
mu tsu

$B2DVG(B
Cologne
koron
ke run (circumflex or grave on first, acute on second)
ka ron
? (are there any mistransliterations?)

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Rhialto
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