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October 5, 2005
It's all in the NAME ...
So here's something I never fully understand until I went to China.
Chinese people choosing Western Names
Westerners choosing Chinese Names
It never ever crossed my mind until about a year ago that all the Chinese people named David, Bill, Lucy etc actually had Chinese names, but had chosen a Western name when arriving from the East or when being given a western name by their parents even though they ALL have Chinese names.
So here's some names which should make you think, a list of Western names chosen by Chinese people in Shanghai that I or a contact has come across:
Agent (works in real estate)
Pizza (liked Pizza)
Evian (was moving to France to study)
River
Ocean
Orange
Daisy
Lily
Flower
Handsome
Hangsome
Beauty
and the list goes on, I'll leave comments open as I am sure there are many that can be shared.
and on to point # 2,
to have a Chinese Business card or to get residence permit in China, 1 needs a Chinese name, so the challenge is what to Choose, I see 2 options:
a, ask some chinese friends to come up with a name for me.
b, use something such as Mandarin Tools
some interesting names coming up, go on, go take a look.
but try and and not come up with the Chinese equivelant of Agent :)
Posted by shak at October 5, 2005 9:50 PM
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Posted by: Chris Raimondi at October 6, 2005 10:53 AM
Here are a few my mate and I have come across:
Watermelon
Yellow Snow
Window
Pony
Dixie
Banana
Pear
Rainy
Windy
Zero
Becoming Eagle Washington
Pongo
AK47
Posted by: Neil Smith at October 7, 2005 4:23 PM
You do not need a Chinese name to get a residence permit!
I have been here 10 years and have renewed my residence permit each year. I do not have a Chinese name.
Posted by: Liuzhou OLaowai at December 1, 2005 10:29 AM