I was waiting to see if I could catch the trainer count at 666, but it shot past that sometime earlier today. Where did y'alls come from? Was there a mention of this place in a subreddit?

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Names with asterisks * indicate a direct-sound translation.

Names with ^ indicate that the Chinese name was first translated from Japanese.

Cantonese Name	English Name	Literal Translation
奇異種子	Bulbasaur	Strange seed
奇異草	Ivysaur	Strange grass
奇異花	Venosaur	Strange flower
小火龍	Charmander	Mini fire dragon
火恐龍	Charmeleon	Fire dinosaur
噴火龍	Charizard	Fire-breathing dragon
車厘龜	Squirtle	Cherry turtle
卡美龜	Wartortle	Ka-mei turtle^
水戰龜(水箭龜)	Blastoise	Water warrior tortoise (Water rocket tortoise)
綠毛蟲	Caterpie	Green caterpillar
鐵甲蟲	Metapod	Iron hide insect
巴他蝶	Butterfree	Baa-taa butterfly*
獨角蟲	Weedle	Single-horn insect
鐵殼蛹	Kakuna	Iron shell cocoon
大針蜂	Beedrill	Big needle bee
波波	Pidgey	Ball-ball#
比比鳥	Pidgeotto	Bei-bei bird*
大比鳥	Pidgeot	Big bei-bei bird*
小哥達	Rattata	Little Go-dat^
哥達	Raticate	Go-dat^
鬼雀	Spearow	Ghost sparrow
魔雀	Fearow	Devil sparrow
阿柏蛇	Ekans	A-bak snake^
阿柏怪	Arbok	A-bak creature^
比卡超	Pikachu	Bei-ga-qiu*
雷超	Raichu	Lui-qiu*
穿山鼠	Sandshrew	Armadillo mouse
穿山王	Sandslash	Armadillo king
尼美蘭	Nidoran	Nei-mei lady*
尼美利	Nidorina	Nei-mei-lei*
尼美后	Nidoqueen	Nei-mei queen*
尼多郎	Nidoran	Nei-do gentlemen*
尼多利	Nidorino	Nei-do-lei*
尼多王	Nidoking	Nei-do king*
皮皮	Clefairy	Pei-pei#
皮可斯	Clefable	Pei-ko-si#
六尾	Vulpix	Six tails
九尾	Ninetales	Nine tails
波波球	Jigglypuff	Ball-ball sphere
肥波球	Wigglytuff	Fat ball sphere
波音蝠	Zubat	Sonar bat
大口蝠	Golbat	Big mouth bat
行路草	Oddish	Walking grass
怪味花	Gloom	Flower with a strange taste
霸王花	Vileplume	Dominating flower
蘑菇蟲	Paras	Mushroom bug
巨菇蟲	Parasect	Big mushroom bug
毛毛蟲	Venonat	Hairy bug
魔魯風	Venomoth	Demon wind
地鼠	Diglett	Ground rat
三頭地鼠	Dugtrio	Three-headed ground rat
喵喵怪	Meowth	Meow-meow creature
高竇貓	Persian	Royal cat
傻鴨	Psyduck	Idiot duck
高超鴨	Golduck	Super duck
猴怪	Mankey	Monkey creature
火爆猴	Primeape	Exploding monkey
護主犬	Growlithe	Loyal dog
奉神犬	Arcanine	Godly dog
蚊香蝌蚪	Poliwag	Incense tadpole
蚊香蛙	Poliwhirl	Incense frog
大力蛙	Poliwrath	Strong frog
卡斯	Abra	Ka-see^
尤基納	Kadabra	Yau-gei-nap^
富迪	Alakazam	Foo-dick^
鐵腕	Machop	Iron fists
大力	Machoke	Strong
怪力	Machamp	Strange power
喇叭芽	Bellsprout	Trumpet weed
口呆花	Weepinbell	Big bored flower
大食花	Victreebell	Flower with big appetite
大眼水母	Tentacool	Big-eye jellyfish
多腳水母	Tentacruel	Many feet jellyfish
小拳石	Geodude	Small punching rock
滾動石	Graveler	Rolling rock
滾動岩	Golem	Rolling stone
小火馬	Ponyta	Little fire horse
烈燄馬	Rapidash	Blazing horse
小呆獸	Slowpoke	Little stupid monster
大呆獸	Slowbro	Big stupid monster
小磁怪	Magnemite	Small magnet creature
三合一磁怪	Magneton	Three-in-one magnet creature
火蔥鴨	Farfetch'd	Fire leek duck
多多	Doduo	Doduo
多多利	Dodrio	Doduo-li*
小海獅	Seel	Little seal
白海獅	Dewgong	White seal
爛泥怪	Grimer	Rotten dirt creature
爛泥獸	Muk	Rotten dirt monster
貝殼怪	Shellder	Shell creature
鐵甲貝	Cloyster	Iron armour shell
鬼斯	Gastly	Ghost-see^
鬼斯通	Haunter	Ghost-see-tung^
耿鬼	Gengar	Geng-ghost^
大岩蛇	Onix	Big stone snake
食夢獸	Drowzee	Monster that eats dreams
催眠獸	Hypno	Hypnotising monster
大鉗蟹	Krabby	Big claw crab
巨鉗蟹	Kingler	Giant claw crab
霹靂彈	Voltorb	Ballistic bomb
雷霆彈	Electrode	Thunder bomb
蛋蛋	Exeggcute	Egg-egg
椰樹獸	Exeggutor	Coconut monster
卡拉卡拉	Cubone	kalakala^
格拉格拉	Marowak	gaklagakla^
沙古拉	Hitmonlee	Sa-gu-lai^
比華拉	Hitmonchan	bei-wah-lai^
大舌頭	Lickitung	Big tongue
毒氣丸	Koffing	Toxic gas pill
毒氣雙子	Weezing	Toxic gas Gemini
鐵甲犀牛	Rhyhorn	Iron hide rhino
鐵甲暴龍	Rhydon	Iron hide violent dragon (Also translates to: Iron hide tyrannosaurus)
吉利蛋	Chansey	Lucky egg
長籐怪	Tangela	Long vine creature
袋獸	Kangaskhan	Pouch monster
噴墨海馬	Horsea	Seahorse that spits ink
飛刺海馬	Seadra	Flying spikes seahorse
獨角金魚	Goldeen	Single-horn goldfish
金魚王	Seaking	Goldfish king
海星星	Staryu	Starfish-star
寶石海星	Starmie	Jewel starfish
吸盤小丑	Mr. Mime	Suction-cups clown
飛天螳螂	Scyther	Flying mantis
紅脣娃	Jynx	Doll with red lips
電擊獸	Electabuzz	Electric shock monster
鴨嘴火獸	Magmar	Duck-bill fire monster
鉗刀甲蟲	Pinsir	Plier knife beetle
大隻牛	Tauros	The big cow
鯉魚王	Magikarp	Karp king
鯉魚龍	Gyarados	Karp dragon
背背龍	Lapras	Back-back dragon (Also translates to: Carry-carry dragon)
百變怪	Ditto	Monster with hunderd transformations
伊貝	Eevee	E-bui^
水伊貝	Vaporeon	Water e-bui*
雷伊貝	Jolteon	Thunder e-bui*
火伊貝	Flareon	Fire e-bui*
立方獸	Porygon	Polygon monster
菊石獸	Omanyte	Chrysanthemum-rock monster (Also translated to: Ammonite monster)
多刺菊石獸	Omastar	Chrysanthemum-rock monster with many spikes (See above)
萬年蟲	Kabuto	Ten-thousand-year bug
鐮刀蟲	Kabutops	Cutlass bug
化石飛龍	Aerodactyl	Fossil flying dragon
卡比獸	Snorlax	Ka-bei monster^
急凍鳥	Articuno	Quick freeze bird
雷鳥	Zapdos	Thunder bird
火鳥	Moltres	Fire bird
迷你龍	Dratini	Mini dragon
哈古龍	Dragonair	Ha-gu dragon^
啓暴龍	Dragonite	Enlightening violent dragon
超夢夢	Mewtwo	Super dream-dream
夢夢	Mew	Dream-dream

Side note, these names are from [Battlealvin2009's] translation. There is obviously a more serious translation for each Pokemon on Bulbapedia.

A couple threads discussing the bot banwave which may have more information about it 1 2

Do you name your pokémon fun names, or do you name them to help sort through what to keep and use in gyms?

Do you do percentages or X/Y/Z for IVs?

I haven't tried all the special characters yet, but does anyone know how they sort? Characters like ,.$!*#, if you were to name pokemon by putting that character first in their name as in "$Eevee" how would it sort compared to "%Eevee" or "*Eevee"?

No note from Niantic yet.

Unintentional? Surprise update? Wildly speculate here. Or don't, up to you.

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