chinese name culture中国姓名文化.ppt

Chinese Name Culture What is the Chinese Name? The Origin Surnames (Family names) Baijiaxing Given names (First names) Some Interesting Names How to Address Chinese People 过渡页 （设计好之后可以删掉这个文本框哦） What is the Chinese Name? The Formation of Chinese Names family name (surname) Chinese name given name (first name) nick name Different kinds of names formal name pen name The Formation of Chinese Names In China, most peoples names have two parts, the family names and the given names. One person may have different names. For example, when they are very young at home, they usually have pet names. In school and society they use their formal names. If someone is a writer, he or she has a pen name. Most of the names have special meanings. Some show their parents wishes. Girls names show that their parents want them to be nice. 过渡页 （设计好之后可以删掉这个文本框哦） The Origin The Origin It is said that the original purpose of giving each person a name was for convenience. Ancient people found that whenever it was dark, they couldnt see each other and they couldnt tell whos who. Each person was given a name, so that they could address each other easily, even in the dark. Later, people became more and more particular about their names. Under the influence of political, economic and other factors, people had different preferences at different period of time. 过渡页 （设计好之后可以删掉这个文本框哦） Surnames Baijiaxing Surnames Origin of surnames Surnames origins can be traced back to the human primitive society matrial system period, so many Chinese ancient surname is beside the female characters . Bai Jia Xing There?about?6362?surnames?are?existing?in China?at present and 468?recorded?in the book?Hundred?Surnames?can?cover?90?percent of?the Whole?population. Surnames Xing(姓)： “姜”(Jiang), “姚”(Yao), “马”(ma)