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Chinese nameFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Contents
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1 Family names
2 Given names
3 Writing
4 Spelling
5 Alternative names
o 5.1 Milk name
o 5.2 Nickname
o 5.3 Western name
o 5.4 School name
o 5.5 Style name
o 5.6 Pseudonym
o 5.7 Posthumous name
o 5.8 Temple name
o 5.9 Era name
6 Forms of address
7 Variations
o 7.1 Unusual names
o 7.2 Taiwan
o 7.3 Diaspora
8 Chinese names in English
9 See also
10 References
Chinese personal names(Chinese:;pinyin:xngmng) are the names adopted by those
frommainland China,Hong Kong,Macau,Taiwan, and theChinese diasporaoverseas. They arose
from the culture of theHan people. In some cases, the term may also refer to Chinese names
adopted by or used to refer to people from other areas.
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Chinese names typically consist of three syllables a monosyllabicfamily nameand a
disyllabicgiven name with eachsyllablehaving a particulartoneand being written as a
singleChinese character. About one in seven people have a two-syllable name, and fewer than one-
fifth of one percent many of themethnic minorities[1] have a name of four or more syllables; most
Han Chinese that have names longer than four characters havecompound surnames(e.g.Ouyang
KunpengorDa-Hong Seetoo).[2]
Chinese names originated the Eastern ordering of names, where the family nameprecedes the given
name. A boy called Wei () and belonging to theZhang() family currently China's most
common single name[3]
is called "Zhang Wei" and not "Wei Zhang" (unless he's travelling abroad).
It is standard for the Chinese to address one another especially those with two-character names
by using full names. So normally, Zhang Wei would be formally addressed as "Mr. Zhang" and
informally as "Zhang Wei" never as "Wei" or "Mr. Wei".
The two halves of the name are almost always treated as indivisible units. There is no equivalent of
Englishmiddle names, which are both official and generally ignored. currently China's most
common three-character name[3]
might be called "Wang Xiuying" or simply "Xiuying", but no one
would ever say "Wang Xiu" or "Wang Ying" and omit the other half of her given name.
Chinese people interacting with others who do not know characters romanizetheir names in a variety
of ways, althoughHanyu Pinyinis now the standard in both mainland China and Taiwan. Many also
adopt aEuropean-style name(typicallyEnglish) either by reversing the Chinese order (e.g., "Wei
Zhang") or by choosing a new name entirely (e.g., "John Zhang"). InHong Kong, a common practice
is to combine both English and Chinese names into a single hybrid: "John Zhang Wei".
From at least the time of theShang dynasty, theHan Chineseobserved a number ofnaming
taboosregulating who may or may not use a person's given name (without being disrespectful). In
general, using the given name connoted the speaker's authority and superior position to the
addressee. Peers and younger relatives were barred from speaking it. Owing to this, many historical
Chinese figures particularly emperors used a half-dozen or more different names in different
contexts and for different speakers. Those possessing names (sometimes even mere homophones)
identical to the emperor's were not infrequently forced to change them. The normalization of personal
names after theMay Fourth Movementhas generally eradicated aliases such as the school name
and courtesy name but traces of the old taboos remain, particularly within families.
Family names[edit]
Main article:Chinese surname
Although there are currently over 4,000Chinese surnames(,xng) in use in China,[2]
the colloquial
expression for the "Chinese people" is the Bi Xng(, "The Hundred Names") and a mere
hundred surnames still make up over 85% of China's 1.3 billion citizens .[4]In fact, just the top threeWang(),Li(), andZhang() cover more than 20% of the population.[4]This homogeneity
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results from the great majority ofHanfamily names having only one character, while the small
number ofcompound surnamesis mostly restricted to minority groups.[2]
This has not always been
true in Chinese history: between the first and fifth centuries AD, a law against multiple-character
personal names briefly popularized two-character surnames and a number of important figures
likeZhuge LiangandSima Qianpossessed them.[citation needed]
As of 2009, in the United States, 70,000
family names represent 90% of U.S. citizens.[5]
Chinese surnames arose from two separateprehistorictraditions: thexng() and thesh(). The
originalxngwere clans of royalty at theShangcourt and always included the 'woman'radical.
The shdid not originate from families, but denoted fiefs, states, and titles granted or recognized by
the Shang court. Apart from theJiang() andYao() families, the originalxnghave nearly
disappeared but the terms ironically reversed their meaning.Xngis now used to describe
the shsurnames which replaced them, while shis used to refer tomaiden names.
The enormous modern clans sometimes shareancestral hallswith one another, but actually consist
of many different lineages gathered under a single name. As an example, the surnameMa()
includes descendants of theWarring Statesera bureaucratZhao She, descendants of his subjects
in his fief ofMafu, Koreans from anunrelated confederation, and Muslims from all over western China
who chose it to honorMuhammad.[6]
Nonetheless, however tenuous these bonds sometimes are, it
remains a minor taboo to marry someone with the same family name.
In modernmainland China, it is the norm that a married woman keeps her name unchanged, without
adopting her husband's surname. A child usually inherits his/her father's surname, though the
marriage law explicitly states that a child may use either parent's. It is also possible, though far less
common, for a child to combine both parents' surnames.[4]
In the older generations, it was also
common for a married woman to prepend her husband's surname to her own. This practice is now
almost extinct in mainland China, though there are a few exceptions such as the name change ofGu
Kailai, but survives in some Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan families.
Given names[edit]
Main article:Chinese given name
Chinese given names (, mngzi) show much greater diversity than the surnames, while still being
restricted almost universally to one or two syllables. Includingvariant forms, there are at least
106,000 individual Chinese characters,[7]
but as of 2006, in the People's Republic of China Public
Security Bureau only approximately 32,000 are supported for computer input[5]
and even fewer are in
common use. Given names are chosen based on a range of factors, including possession of pleasing
sound andtonal qualities, as well as bearing positive associations or a beautiful shape. Two-
charactermings may be chosen for each character's separate meaning and qualities, but the name
remains a single unit which is almost always said together even when the combination no longer'means' anything.
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Today, two-character names are more common and make up more than 80% of Chinese
names.[8]
However, this custom has been consistent only since the Ming dynasty. About 70% of all
names were only one character long during theearly Hanand that rose beyond 98% after the
usurpingWang Mangbanned all two-character names outright. Although hisXin Dynastywas short-
lived, the law was not repealed until 400 years later, when northern invasions and interest in
establishing lineages revived interest in such longer names.[8]
TheTangandSongsaw populations
with a majority of two-character names for the first time, but theLiaobetween them and
theYuanafterward both preferred single character names. The restoration ofHandominance under
the Ming, promotion ofHan cultureunder theQing, and development ofgeneration
namesestablished the current traditions.[8]
Given names resonant of qualities which are perceived to be either masculine or feminine are
frequently given, with males being linked with strength and firmness and females with beauty and
flowers. It is also more common for female names to employ diminutives likeXio or doubled
characters in their formal names, although there are famous male examples such as Li
XiaopingandYo-Yo Ma. People from the countryside previously often bore names that reflect rural
life, for example, Daniu (,lit. "Big Ox") and Dazhu (,lit. "Big Pole") but such names are
becoming less common.
It is also considered bad form to name a child after a famous person, although tens of thousands
might happen to share a common name such as "Liu Xiang".[9]
Similarly, owing to the
traditionalnaming taboos, it is very uncommon in China to name a child directly after a relative, since
such children would permit junior family members to inappropriately use the personal names of
senior ones. Ancestors can leave a different kind of mark: Chinese naming schemes often employ
ageneration name, though in the PRC this practice ceased due to theCultural RevolutionandOne
Child Policy. Every child recorded into the family records in each generation would share an identical
character in their names. Sixteen, thirty-two, or more generations would be worked out in advance to
form ageneration poem. For example, the one selected in 1737 for the family ofMao Tse-
tungread:[citation needed]
Stand tall & display unstintingly before gentlemen,
And study & method will expand the borders of our fortune.
Ancestral favors bequeath kindness through the ages,
Descendants forever obliged for their prosperity.
This scheme was in its fourteenth generation when Mao rejected it for the naming of his own
children, preferring to give his sons the generational name An (,lit. "Lofty", "Proud")
instead.[citation needed]
Depending on the region and particular family, daughters were not entered into the family
records and thus did not share the boys' generation name, although they may have borne a
separate one among themselves. Even where generation names are not used, siblings' names
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are frequently related, so that a boy named Song (,lit. "Pine") might have a sister named Mei
(,lit."Plum").
Traditional female names sometimes also reflected themale chauvinismof ancient China, with
names like Laidi (), Zhaodi (), and Pandi () all essentially meaning "Seeking a Little
Brother". A similar name was Yehao (), meaning "Also Good".[citation needed]
More recently, although such chauvinistic names have become a rarity and generation names
have become less common, many personal names reflect periods ofChinese history. For
example, following the victory of theCommunistsin theCivil War, many Chinese bore
"revolutionary names" such as Qiangguo (,lit. "Strong Nation" or "Strengthening the Nation")
or Dongfeng (,lit. "Eastern Wind"). Similarly, onTaiwan, it used to be common to
incorporate one of the four characters of the name "Republic of China"(,Zhnghu
Mngu) into masculine names. Periodic fad names like Aoyun ("Olympics") also appear. Owingto both effects, there has also been a recent trend in China to hire fortune tellers to change
people's names to new ones more in accordance with traditional Taoist andfive
elementpractices.
Writing[edit]
Main article:Chinese characters
Chinese names are written inChinese characters. These originated from theShangoracle bone
script. The modern forms were largely established by the time of the Han dynasty'sclerical
script, but continued to develop. As new styles of calligraphy arose, variant characters
sometimes entered the mainstream; likewise, some were political decisions whose success
depended on the fate of their promulgators.
The two main modern forms are thesimplified charactersdeveloped during the 1950s by
thePeople's Republic of Chinaand thetraditional charactersemployed by theRepublic of
China,Hong Kong, and much of the Chinese diaspora. For example, a person who writes his
name as in a foreign country might be expected to come from mainland China or
Singapore, while a the same name in traditional characters might be asked if he or his
family is originally from Taiwan or Hong Kong. When in Chinese speaking countries, the local
variant of characters are used.
Chinese names in other East Asian countries have been influenced by the adoption ofHangulin
Korea during the 1890s; theJapanese script reformbeginning in 1900 and expanded after 1946
into the modernshinjitai; and the adoption of the Portuguese-basedQuc Ngscript for
Vietnamese after World War I.
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The process of converting Chinese names into a phonetic alphabet is called romanization.
In mainland China, Chinese names have been romanized using theHanyu Pinyinsystem since
1958. Although experiments with the complete conversion of Chinese to the pinyin alphabet
failed,
[10]
it remains in common use and has become the transcription system of the governmentofSingapore, theUnited Nations, and theInternational Organization of Standardization.
[11]After
many decades of avoiding its use, Taiwan formally adopted pinyin as its "New Phonetic System"
in 2009,[12][13]
although it continues to allow its citizens to use other romanizations on official
documents such as passports. TheRussian-influenced system is easily identified by its
pronounced use of uncommon letters such as "q", "x", and "z"; when tones are included, they
are noted viatone marks. In pinyin, is writtenMao Zedong.
Proper use ofpinyin romanizationmeans treating the surname and given name as precisely two
separate words with no spaces between the letters of multiple characters. For example, ""is properly rendered either with itstone marksas "Wng Xiyng" or without as "Wang Xiuying",
but should not be written as "Wang Xiu Ying", "Wang XiuYing", "Wangxiuying", and so on. In the
rare cases where a surname consists of more than one character, it too should be written as a
unit: "Sima Qian", not "Si Ma Qian" or "Si Maqian". However, as the Chinese language makes
almost no use of spaces, native speakers often do not know these rules and simply space
between each character of their name, causing those used to phonetically spelled languages
think of thexingand mingas three words instead of two.
The switch to pinyin is still quite new for Taiwan and many non-standard spellings continue to be
found, including "Lee" and "Soong". Similarly, many Taiwanese and historic names still employ
the olderWadeGilessystem. ThisEnglish-influenced system is identified by its use of
thedigraphs"hs" (for the pinyinx) and "ts" (for the pinyin zand c) and by its use of hyphens to
connect the syllables of multi-character words. Correct reading depends on the inclusion of
superscript numbers and the use of apostrophes to distinguish between different consonants,
but in practice both of these are commonly omitted. In WadeGiles, is writtenMao Tse-
tung, as the system hyphenates names between the characters. For example, Wang Xiuying
and Sima Qian are written in Wade as "Wang2
Hsiu4-Ying
1" and "Ssu
1-ma
3Ch'ien
1".
Pinyin and Wade are both based on the pronunciations of the Beijing dialectorMandarin
Chinese. InHong Kong,Macao, and thediasporacommunities in southeast Asia and abroad,
the Chinese often romanize according to the sounds of their own languages,
particularlyCantonese,Hokkien, andHakka. This occurs amid a plethora of competing
romanization systems. In Hong Kong, many Chinese who grew up under the British occupation
adopted English spelling conventions for their names: "Lee" forLi, "Shaw" forShao, and so
forth. In Macao, Chinese names are similarly sometimes still transliterated based onPortuguese
orthography. The Chinese from the diaspora communities in Malaysia and Singapore fully divide
the characters in their names with spaces as a matter of course.
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A final point is that although characters have remained roughly the same since the Han
dynasty and someclassical grammaris still part of the core curriculum of Chinese secondary
schools vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation have all changed
fromOldtoMiddletoModern Chineseeven within theprestige dialects. Thus, although modern
Chinese read "Confucius" () as Kng Fz, the same title would have been Khuwng
Pjutsiin the Tang dynasty and was probably something like an atonal Khong Patsduring his
lifetime.[14]
Of course, at the time, he would have been addressed by hiscourtesy
nameTrungsnrs(,Zhngn) instead.[14]
Alternative names[edit]
See also:Naming taboo,Taboo on rulers, andTable of Chinese monarchs
From their earliest recorded history, the Chinese observed a number ofnaming taboos, avoiding
the names of their elders,ancestors, andrulersout of respect and fear. As a result, the upper
classes of traditional Chinese culture typically employed a variety of names over the course of
their lives, and theemperorsandsanctified deceasedhad still others.
Current naming practices are more straightforward and consistent, but a few pseudonyms or
alternate names remain common.
When discussing Chinese writers, Chinese and Japanese scholars do not consistently use
particular names, whether they are private names or alternative names.[15]
Current
Chinese associated names for prominent people,
example of Sun Yat-sen's names
1 Official name: Sn Dmng ()
2 Milk name: Sn Dxing ()
3 School name: Sn Wn ()
4 Caricatural name: unknown
5 Courtesy names: Sn Zizh ()
6 Pseudonym(s): 1. Sn Rxn ()a
2. Sn Yxin (, 1886)a
jpn. Nakayama Sh (, 1897)
Death, Honorary titles:
7 Posthume name: Guf ()
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8 Temple name: noneb
9 Era name: nonec
Notes: a. both pronounced "Sun Yat-sen" in Cantonese;
b. only for Royalty and Emperors; c. only for Royalty and Emperors' reigns.
Milk name[edit]
Traditionally, babies were named a hundred days after their birth; modern naming lawsgrant the
parents a month before requiring the baby to be registered.[citation needed]
Upon birth, the parents
often use a "milk name"(,rmng;) typically
employingdiminutiveslikexio(,lit. "little") or doubled characters before a formal name is
settled upon, often in consultation with the grandparents. The milk name may be abandoned but
is often continued as a form of familial nickname. A superstitious custom sometimes attached to
the milk name is to select a disgusting name, in order to ward off evil spirits who might wish to
harm the child.[16]
Nickname[edit]
Nicknames (t,s,chuho;,wiho) are acquired in China in much the same way
they are in other countries. Not everyone has one. Most that do received theirs in childhood or
adolescence from family or friends. Common Chinese nicknames are those based on a person's
physical attributes, speaking style, or behavior. Names involving animals are common, although
those animals may be associated with different attributes than they are in English: for example,
Chinese cows are strong, not stupid; foxes are devious, not clever; pigs are ugly, lazy, stupid, or
content, but not dirty. Similarly, nicknames that might seem especially insulting in English such
as "Little Fatty" () are more acceptable in Chinese. One especially common method of
creating nicknames is prefixing-() orXio() to the surname or the second character of
the given name.- is more common in southern China and abroad, whileXio is common
throughout China. Nicknames are rarely used in formal or semi-formal settings, although a
famous exception isA-bian.
Western name[edit]
English is taught throughout China's secondary schools and the English language section is a
required component of theGaokao, China's college entrance examination. Many Chinese
teenagers thus acquire English names, which they may keep and use as nicknames even in
Chinese-language contexts. Chinese may adopt English names for a variety of reasons,
including foreigners' difficulty withChinese tonesand the modern Chinese tendency to regard
foreign names as modern or egalitarian.[17]
The freedom associated with choosing a Chinese
given name sometimes leads to choosing English names which seem bizarre to native English
speakers.[citation needed]
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Historical
School name[edit]
The school name (t,s,xumng) was a separate formal name used by the child while
they were at school.
Asbinomial nomenclaturealso calledxumngin Chinese, the school name is also sometimes
now referenced as thexnmng() to avoid confusion.
Style name[edit]
Main article:Chinese style name
Upon maturity, it was common for educated males to acquire a style(,z) orcourtesy
name(,bioz) either from one's parents, a teacher, or self-selection. The name commonlymirrored the meaning of one's given name or displayed his birth order within his family.
The practice was a consequence of admonitions in theBook of Ritesthat among adults it is
disrespectful to be addressed by one's given name by others within the same generation. The
true given name was reserved for the use of one's elders, while the courtesy name was
employed by peers on formal occasions and in writing. The practice was decried by the May
Fourth Movementand has been largely abandoned.
Pseudonym[edit]
Main article:Chinese style name
Pseudonyms or aliases (t,s,ho) or pen names (t,s,bmng) were self-selected
alternative courtesy names, most commonly three or four characters long. They may have
originated from too many people having the same style name.
Some but by no means most authors do continue to employ stylized pen names. A
famous[dubiousdiscuss]
example is the exile and dissident poetZhao Zhenkai, whose pen name is
"Bei Dao" (,lit. "North Island").
Imperial
Posthumous name[edit]
Main article:Posthumous name
Posthumous names (t,s,shho) were honorary names selected after a person's
death, used extensively for royalty. The common "names" of most Chinese emperors before
theTang Dynasty with the pointed exception ofShi Huangdi are their posthumous ones. In
addition to emperors, successful courtiers and politicians such as Sun Yat-senalso occasionally
received posthumous titles.
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Temple name[edit]
Main article:Temple name
See also:Ancestor veneration in China
The temple name (t,s,mioho) of the emperor inscribed on thespiritual tabletsof
theimperial ancestral templeoften differed from his posthumous name. The structure eventually
became highly restricted, consisting of a single adjective and either z() orzng(). These
common "names" of the emperors between theTangand theYuanare their temple ones.
Era name[edit]
Main articles:Chinese era nameandTable of Chinese monarchs
The era name (,ninho) arose from the custom of dating years by the reigns of the ruling
emperors. Under theHan, the practice began of changingregnal namesas means of dispensing
with bad luck and attracting better. Almost all era names were literary and employed exactly two
characters. By theMingandQingdynasties, emperors had largely dispensed with the practice
and kept a single era name during their reign, such that it is customary to refer to Ming and Qing
emperors by their era names.
Forms of address[edit]
Within families, it is often considered inappropriate or even offensive to use the given names of
relatives who are senior to the speaker. Instead, it is more customary to identify each family
member by abstract hierarchical connections: among siblings, gender and birth order (big sister,
second sister, and so on); for the extended family, the manner of relationship (by birth or
marriage; from the maternal or paternal side).
The hierarchical titles of junior relatives are seldom used except in formal situations, or as
indirect reference when speaking to family members who are even younger than the person in
question. Children can be called by their given names, or their parents may use their nicknames.
When speaking of non-family social acquaintances, people are generally referred to by a title, for
example Mother Li (simplified Chinese:;traditional Chinese:;pinyin:l mma) or
Mrs. Zhu (,pinyin:zh titai). Personal names are used when referring to adult friends or
to children, although, unlike in the west, referring to somebody by their full name (including
surname) is common even among friends, especially if the person's full name is only two
syllables. It is common to refer to a person as lo (, old) orxio (, young) followed by their
family name, thus Lo Wng () or Xio Zhng (,). Xio is also frequently used as a
diminutive, when it is typically paired with the second or only character in a person's name,
rather than the surname. Note that because old people are well respected in Chinese
society, lo (old) does not carry disrespect, offense or any negative implications even if it's usedto refer to an older woman. Despite this, it is advisable for non-Chinese to avoid calling a person
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xio-something or lo-something unless they are so-called by other Chinese people and it is
clear that the appellation is acceptable and widely used. Otherwise, the use of the person's full
name, or alternatively, their surname followed by xinsheng (Chinese:, mister) or nsh
(Chinese:, madam) i