Caine's Name
In the fourth episode of season three ("A Small Beheading"), William Shatner's character presents Caine with a scroll that is written in Chinese. As the camera pans down the scroll, the Chinese characters for Caine's name appear for the first time in the series:
| Chinese | English | Zhangzhou accented Amoy (POJ) | Mandarin (Pinyin) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 虔 | Caine | Khiân | Qián |
| 官 | Kwai | Koaiⁿ | Guān |
| 昌 | Chang | chhiang | chāng |
- note: in Chinese, the surname is written first
The Zhangzhou accented Amoy pronunciation of the characters most closely match the English spelling of Caine's name. However, in the series, Caine attended the Shaolin Temple in Henan province, where the priests likely spoke Mandarin.
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