Chinese names

Chinese names

In Chinese, the family name is place first follow by your given name, most Chinese names contain three characters, and the first character is the family name and following two are the give name.

Example:

Lín Mínglì

林明丽

So for introduction you will say…

Nǐ hǎo

Wǒ jiào Mínglì   我叫明丽

(My name is Mínglì)

 

 

However, some names only have two characters one for their family name and one character for their given name.

Example:

Wén Jié

文杰

When you introduce yourself you always say both…

Nǐ hǎo

Wǒ jiào Wén Jié

(My name is Wén Jié)