Anyone who speaks mandarin?

Question

what does these words mean?

1.chen yi ru

2.xiang wai

Answer 1

My guess is that they're names. But without the pinyin tones, it's really hard to tell.  

Answer 2

what are the characters?or at least add the tones...

1 could be a name

2 really hard to know

Answer 3

the first one is a person's name.   yi ru is the first name, chen is the surname.

the second one:

if it's like this    xiang(tone 4) wai (tone4), then it mean  towards outside

Answer 4

From what I've read, fatima is the closest to what I think too.

Chen is a surname, and yi-ru is a part of the name, like they said.

Xiang wai does mean "outside", but more like.. "outside of your home". Afterall, wai means out/outside. And xiang means family/home.

Answer 5

You have to add tones to each Pinyin, the pinyin themselves can make many characters and meanings. There are four tones for every pinyin in Chinese language. No.1 could be a name, No 2 doesnt really make sense or just a name.  

Answer 6

1. dunno...

2. maybe  "smells good"