Chinese names.
Why many chinese change their names?
For some time I have noticed that on this page and elsewhere, many guys and Chinese girls change their names by European names. A I think that Chinese names are very pretty, for example as: Chang, Fang, Jing Jiao, Juan, Li, Wei, Zhi, Tao, etc..
Does anyone could explain to me why this happens?
Thank you.
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Chinese names.
Why do many Chinese people change their names?
For some time I have noticed that on this page site and elsewhere, many guys and Chinese guys and girls change their names by to European names. And I think that Chinese names are very pretty, for example as: Chang, Fang, Jing Jiao, Juan, Li, Wei, Zhi, Tao, etc..
Does Could anyone could explain to me why this happens?
Thank you.
(In English, Chinese is always an adjective, never a noun, there isn't a single word like chino that works for both. When speaking, I often just tell people my name is Pablo so it's easier to understand and remember. Good job)
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I am not a Chinese, but I also have an English name. It is because people often spell my name in this way and correcting time each time is quite troublesome.
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Because it's easier for most of the foreigners (westerns) to pronounce a western name than a Chinese name.
Es como un apodo, pero usualmente cada persona elige el suyo sola. La pronunciación de los nombres chinos es complicada y se cree que un nombre occidental será más fácil para los extranjeros durante la comunicación. No es un cambio oficial del nombre, también depende de la lengua que les interesa, he visto por ejemplo: “Mi nombre inglés es Tom y mi nombre ruso es Dima”, etc.
(No soy china, pero hace tiempo el tema ha sido interesante para mí también.)
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The Chinese name is decided by our parents,maybe somone don't like their Chinese name so they give themselves a new name.
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Maybe they think other people can understand easily using an European name.
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