In Chinese culture, it's commonly believed that a good name not only reflects a person's virtues, but also brings them good fortune. Traditionally, parents in China choose a name based on their ...

In Chinese naming traditions, given names typically consist of one or two characters. According to language resource website Improve Mandarin, when naming their children, Chinese parents usually ...

The last character in my name is 毅, spelled yi; and yi happens to be the sound with the most possible matches in Chinese, with hundreds of characters spelled the same way (thanks, Mom and Dad).

San Francisco has printed candidate names in Chinese characters since 1999. But now the city is cracking down on ones that some argue go overboard with flattering, flowery phrases.

Gee on Friday learned about this and, on Monday, posted on Instagram for Heiken to stop using her name, adding that the Chinese name Hoi Kan “凱勤“ is not a common name, and it carries her identity.

Chinese villagers forced to change untypable name By Reuters September 1, 20101:13 AM PDTUpdated September 1, 2010 ...