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1、Ashisnameis,soishe!BygroupthreePeople’snameHowtonameOtherthings’namePeople’snamesChinesenamesForeignnamesChineseNamesAmodernChinesenameconsistsofasurname(xìng姓)andagivenname(míng名ormíngzì名字),usuallypresentedinthatorder.Whentranscribedintowesternwriting,thecharactersoftheg
2、ivennameareoftenwrittenseparately.ThusMaoZedongisoftengivenasMaoZeDong.InformertimesChinesecouldassumeadditionalnamesatothertimesintheirlife.Theseincludethezì字orstylename,acquireduponreachingmaturity,andthehào號,aself-selectednickname.Chinesegivennamesusuallyconsistoftwosy
3、llables(thoughitisincreasinglycommontoonlyuseone).ThosesyllablescanbeanyofthethousandsofChinesecharacterssothecombinationsarealmostlimitless.Inpracticesomecharactersarechosenmoreoftenthanothers,suchasMei"beautiful"forgirls.Sometimesthefirstcharacterofthegivennameissharedb
4、yallmembersofagenerationinafamily(siblings,cousins,etc)-seegenerationname.First,letmetellyouastory······Theflushingtoiletwasinventedin1596,notbyThomasCrapperasmostpeoplethink,butbySirJohnHarington.Harington,aBritishnoblemanandgodsonofQueenElizabethI,inventedavalvethatwhen
5、pulledwouldreleasewaterfromawatercloset.SirJohnrecommendedflushingthetoiletonceortwiceaday,althoughwithourmoderntechnology,weknowthatisprobablynotsufficient.(Rumorhasitthat,inRobinHood'sday,KingArthur-angrywithhowhisbrotherruledthecountrywhiletheKingwasgone,namedfairtoile
6、tte,'thejohn'简单的来说,就是英国叫做John的爵士首先发明了flushingtoilet,所以后人为了纪念他,就把厕所叫做Thejohn了。FromIrelandtotheMiddleEast,namesfromforeignculturesareameaningfulwaytohonoryourheritageorcapturethecharmofafavoritecultureorethnicity.Namesfromforeignoriginsarenotjustthelatesttrend,theyarea
7、profoundwaytogiveyourchildaconnectiontoyourheritage,culture,orreligiousaffiliationforalifetime. Inourworldofglobalizationandtheeasyaccessacrossculturalboundaries,anethnicnameisanimportantpartofpreservingonesidentityandconnectiontothepast.方法1、英文名最好与中文名发音一致如: 郑丽丽LilyZheng杨
8、 俊June Yang孔令娜Lena Kong张艾丽Ally Zhang吕 萌Moon Lu张 波Bob Zhang许开云CaronXu江丽霞Lisa Jiang王 姬Jill Wang蒋大为