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CHINESE NAMES I.FAMILY NAMES 1.In China family appoint of the Han Chinese (which bet for nearly 92% of the total population of the country) are onward given names. 2. At present there are close to 3,000 family names for the Han Chinese, of which 300 are the most common. 2. Most Chinese family names have only one character. However, about 20 double-character family names have survived into the modern time. Some famous ones involve Sima, Zhuge, Ouyang and Situ, etc.. 3. There are family names with three or to a greater extent characters, but those are extremely rare and are non ethnically Han Chinese. II.CHINESE GIVEN NAMES Chinese given names are made up of one or two characters. 1.Unlike the Western convention, it is extremely frowned upon to name a somebody after someone else. 2.There are age- old conventions about Chinese characters chosen for given names, e.g.___ (1) Given Names for Male Characters inwardness wealth, wisdom, courage, strength, ambition and glorification of ancestry are favoured given names for male.

For instance, 富 (wealth) 贵 (honour) 发财 (get rich) 智 (wisdom), 聪 (intelligent), 敏 (smart) 勇 (brave), 壮 (strong), 力 (strength) 志远, 宏志, 鹏飞, 远大 (great ambition) (2) Given Names for Female It is frequently the case that girls will be given names which reflect feminine characteristics or be named after plants or flowers. 丽, 佳, 媛, 秀 (beauty) 贞, 淑, 洁, 贤 (virtue, morality, purity) 兰 (orchid), 梅 (plum), 莉 (jasmine), 菊 (chrysanthemum), 莲(lotus) In the old days it was genuinely common, especially for poor and illiterate women to have their names cool up of three characters as follows. Family name of the husband + family name of herself + Shi (氏)： 张王氏 3. Generation... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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