The xdg@freedesktop.org list is interesting.
The minichinput project and the fcitx project teams decide to merge and ask to move to freedesktop.org, host our new merged project there. The new project name is proposed "AfterChinput."
SCIM is an input method platform (or framework), which is written with C++. Currently SCIM provides X11 XIM as well as GTK2 native input method support, and can be extended to other protocol easily, eg. IIIMF. Please consider to port "AfterChinput" onto the SCIM
"ChillyShapes," "Chilli," "ChillySign"?
Or how about "Chinx"/"ChinX"/"ChInX"?
Chinx sounds good, chinix makes people think it's an OS.
Chinx would be pronounced 'Chinks', which used to be a (I think not very polite) term used in some English speaking countries to refer to Chinese people in the plural.
I didn't get the 'chili' references either - perhaps references to spicy Sichuan cousine?
There is already a chinput, maybe you could be something like hanziX, sinokey, or cjkinput? (also I think chinix is fine...)
Sino is not very polite in Japanese, many people in China prefer to avoid the name, while european people don't feel sino a "impolite" word (I guess so).
I very strongly suggest not going with "ChInX" ("chinks"), as it's used to refer to Asian people (mainly Chinese), and it's not very polite. It's generally used in a racist context.
Now, what do you think?