<p>Jackie Chan's character only has one name, Lee.</p>

<p>Neither the script, original screenplay, credits, of all three movies give any other name for Lee.</p>

<p>"Yan Naing Lee" is a piece of Wikipedia vandalism that sadly hasn't been caught, until now. See this revision: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rush_Hour_(film_series)&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=598230485" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rush_Hour_(film_series)&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=598230485</a></p>

<p>And related Movies &amp; TV question: <a href="https://movies.stackexchange.com/q/81411/11183">https://movies.stackexchange.com/q/81411/11183</a></p>

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congusbongus
<p>嚴宁李 - Yan Naing Lee</p>

<p>Yan = ("strict")
Naing = ("rather")
Lee = ("smooth; clever; sharp")</p>

<p>I guess this Hong Kong Chief Inspector's full name is saying he is "Strict but rather smooth, clever and sharp," which is accurate. Lol
It kinda of a disappointement that the TV show version of Rush Hour blantly whitewashed this character 50% and called him "Jonathan Lee". smh</p>

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Genexolev Ashtiani
<p>In Rush Hour Jackie Chan's character is called Yan Naing Lee:</p>

<p><a href="http://rush-hour.wikia.com/wiki/Yan_Naing_Lee" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rush Hour Wiki:Yan Naing Lee</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Chief Inspector Lee is one of two main protagonists of the Rush Hour series. He is a Chief Inspector with the Hong Kong Police Force (H.K.P.F). Lee appears in all three of the films. He is partnered with Detective James Carter, who at first doesn't get along with, but later befriends. Lee is portrayed by Jackie Chan. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>He's often called Lee in the film, so most likely that means his surname is Lee or 李 (can't imagine it'd be anything else).</p>

<p>As for NAING, it seems to be a romanization of a Burmese name - if anything.</p>

<p>Chinese searches bring up names like: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>YAN NAING OO陈馨丰</p>
</blockquote>

<p>where NAING would, assumably, be 馨, based on allignment. This, though, seems to be made-up Chinese name - rather than a translation or a transliteration - what have you.</p>

<p>The only other thing I can find with Naing (and even Yan together!) is this translation:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>博杨莱-德钦通盛(Bo Yan Naing-Tun Shein)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I'm not sure what this romanization system is either. If it was a true translation then that would make the characters name something like: 李杨莱.</p>

<p>Not finding much online - as the Chinese just refers to him as Officer Lee (李警官).</p>

<p>Any ideas?</p>

<p>————</p>

<p>Edit: saw 有道 also lists:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>n. (Naing)人名；(缅)乃；(柬)宁</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Why would a movie character from HK have Burmese or Cambodian romanization in his name? Bizarre.</p>

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博杨莱-德钦通盛(Bo Yan Naing-Tun Shein) looks like Minnan or Teochew.
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I think this is a better fit on Movies & TV, since it's about movie trivia.
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@congusbongus it would probably just get migrated back here tho tbh
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What's Jackie Chan's Character's Chinese Name (in Characters) in Rush Hour?
# What's Jackie Chan's Character's Chinese Name (in Characters) in Rush Hour?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-11)

In Rush Hour Jackie Chan's character is called Yan Naing Lee:

[Rush Hour Wiki:Yan Naing Lee](http://rush-hour.wikia.com/wiki/Yan_Naing_Lee)

> Chief Inspector Lee is one of two main protagonists of the Rush Hour series. He is a Chief Inspector with the Hong Kong Police Force (H.K.P.F). Lee appears in all three of the films. He is partnered with Detective James Carter, who at first doesn't get along with, but later befriends. Lee is portrayed by Jackie Chan.

He's often called Lee in the film, so most likely that means his surname is Lee or 李 (can't imagine it'd be anything else).

As for NAING, it seems to be a romanization of a Burmese name - if anything.

Chinese searches bring up names like:

> YAN NAING OO陈馨丰

where NAING would, assumably, be 馨, based on allignment. This, though, seems to be made-up Chinese name - rather than a translation or a transliteration - what have you.

The only other thing I can find with Naing (and even Yan together!) is this translation:

> 博杨莱-德钦通盛(Bo Yan Naing-Tun Shein)

I'm not sure what this romanization system is either. If it was a true translation then that would make the characters name something like: 李杨莱.

Not finding much online - as the Chinese just refers to him as Officer Lee (李警官).

Any ideas?

————

Edit: saw 有道 also lists:

> n. (Naing)人名；(缅)乃；(柬)宁

Why would a movie character from HK have Burmese or Cambodian romanization in his name? Bizarre.

**Tags:** translation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 博杨莱-德钦通盛(Bo Yan Naing-Tun Shein) looks like Minnan or Teochew.  
> **username_2**: I think this is a better fit on Movies & TV, since it's about movie trivia.  
> **username_0**: @username_2 it would probably just get migrated back here tho tbh  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-12. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Jackie Chan's character only has one name, Lee.

Neither the script, original screenplay, credits, of all three movies give any other name for Lee.

"Yan Naing Lee" is a piece of Wikipedia vandalism that sadly hasn't been caught, until now. See this revision: <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rush_Hour_(film_series)&diff=prev&oldid=598230485>

And related Movies & TV question: <https://movies.stackexchange.com/q/81411/11183>


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-06-28. Score: 0

嚴宁李 - Yan Naing Lee

Yan = ("strict")
Naing = ("rather")
Lee = ("smooth; clever; sharp")

I guess this Hong Kong Chief Inspector's full name is saying he is "Strict but rather smooth, clever and sharp," which is accurate. Lol
It kinda of a disappointement that the TV show version of Rush Hour blantly whitewashed this character 50% and called him "Jonathan Lee". smh


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