2015年2月16日星期一

Further culture of Chinese Names

Hey, everyone! Welcome to today’s Chinese lesson online. We are going to present you with the culture of Chinese names.

One or two characterssometimes threegenerally form a Chinese surnameA one-character name is called a single surnamewhile a two-character name is called a compound surnameAlthough there is no exact figure about how many surnames there are in Chinaaccording to statisticsmore than five thousand surnames appear in Chinese historical documentsToday, there are about 200 commonly used surnames in our Chinese lessons online. Zhang1Wang2Li3Zhao4Liu2are the most commonly seen single surnamesZhu1ge3Ou1 yang2and Si1 tu2 are examples of compound surnames. Influenced by Confucian teachings that we should respect our ancestorsChinese pay close regard to surnamesChanging the surname means changing your ancestor, and this of the most humiliationIn modern Chinese novelsparticularly in her novels

In our Chinese online lessons, you will know the Chinese names that have their own tradition and characteristics, quite different from English namesChinese surnames are placed before the given name the opposite of English names” xing4 is similar to an English speaker’s family name, passed down from generation to generation” ming2 is the equivalent of an English first namecomprised of one or two characters. A Chinese name often has a specific meaningexpressing a certain aspirationSome names include the place and time of birthor natural phenomenasuch as capitalmorningand snow.  Some Chinese names reveal hope or some kind of virtuesuch as LoyaltyRighteousnessand BeliefStill other names reveal a yearning for healthlong lifeand happinesssuch as Jian4 (health)Shou4 (long life)and Fu2 (fortune). Male names and female names are different Male names express prestige and fierceness, as in Hu3 (tiger)Xiong2 (hero)and Gang1 (strength)Female names are expressed by warn]and beautiful characterssuch as Feng4 (phoenix)Yu3 (Jade)and Juan1 (graceful)
   
When Chinese give namesthey often represent a person’s place in the hierarchy of the family, For examplea name can include a character that represents seniority,  while another character expresses the family nameIn some namesa radical indicates family seniority in the clanBy learning online Chinese lesson, you will know that is quite different from that in EnglishChinese also avoid as much as possible giving the name of an elder member to a junior memberwhich has been a taboo since ancient times
Source: 
http://chinesetool.bloggets.net/further-culture-chinese-names/


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