His family name qian was spelled as Ch, ien in Pinyin Romanization, and westerners were prone to pronounce it similar to shan, which was the pronunciation of dog' in. French.

他的姓“钱”的罗马拼音拼法是Ch'ien。西方人很容易把它读得类似于“闪”的发音，这正是法语中“狗” 字的发音。