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Capergirl · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject: Do you have a Chinese name?

I found this cool Chinese name generator: http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html

Surprisingly, the name it came up with for me is very similar to the one that my Taiwanese boss created for me. The first two characters are the same. The last one is different. Cool

ntropy · Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 671 Location: ghurba

No, but I have a Native Indian name: Runs Like A Girl.

(I'm an outie, not an innie)

Shaman · Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 446 Location: Hammertown

johnslat · Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 1:33 pm Post subject: 99 bottles of beer on the floor

Dear Shaman,

Shaman · Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 446 Location: Hammertown

Shaman

Aramas · Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 2:27 pm Post subject:

MarcusK · Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 2:52 pm Post subject:

At the university I attended, all first year Chinese language students were given Chinese names by one of the native Chinese-speaking faculty. During our tenure in the Chinese language program those names were used exclusively in class and on written assignments. For me, it would seem very odd to hear my "real" name used in combination with Chinese.

In an English class, one might expect a teacher to use a "native" last name. In my case, that would be one of Polish origin that many people here in the U.S. have trouble pronouncing!

Do people actually use their Chinese names in China, and if so, in what context? My simple "ke1" would be much easier (and less painful for me to hear!)

Capergirl · Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject:

@MarcusK...I only used my Chinese name when necessary for documentation in Taiwan. Students sometimes asked me what my Chinese name was so I made sure I knew how to spell and pronounce it for them. I was still called "Laoshe" or "Heather Laoshe". No one actually called me by my Chinese name and I'm not so sure I'd have answered. Laughing

I had a name chop made before I left Taiwan but obviously my Chinese name isn't of any use to me here in Canada. It's merely a souvenir. Razz

ntropy · Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 671 Location: ghurba

blackguy-n-Asia · Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 201

In college, where I'm studying Mandarin, my chinese name is

Guo, Zhang

It doesn't mean anything, but it sounds similar to a chinese explorer.

thelmadatter · Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 3:07 pm Post subject: first name

I just love it when I tell some Chinese folks my real given name and they tell me "But that's a Chinese name"! My name is Leigh ("Li") lol

JosephP · Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 445

Kia ora from New Zealand.
Or to stick with the subject, Ni Hao!
At any rate; I came up with Peng Jiao Shun. So, hey, howdy cousin.[/img]