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I had Eleven and his friend was Twelve. Same class has a Left and Right. lol
Jun 16, 2013 05:42 Report Abuse
I used to have students named Fish, Rice, Gold, Metal. I also had a boy named Rocky... but never met a Rambo. LOL
May 31, 2013 04:57 Report Abuse
I got students with the names Cat, Umbrella, Rice, Noodles, Dumpling, Mister, Rain, Summer, Spring etc.
May 30, 2013 23:20 Report Abuse
While an English teacher at a kindergarten in China, one class had three Yankees. The teacher of the class decided that one child would continue to be called Yankee, but the others were renamed Doodle and Dandy.
May 30, 2013 23:06 Report Abuse
The main issue about Chinese names is that there are fairly FEW of them. I worked at a company that had 3 people with the exact same name, right down to the characters, that were not related. In Chinese, people just added "da, xiao, and zhong" to differentiate them by age - but the xiao guy was pretty big, and the "da" guy was short and scrawny, so this was just silly. Having an English name - with the massive variety available - makes sense when even names with different characters can sound exactly the same.
May 30, 2013 16:48 Report Abuse
you gotta be kidding... how many Chinese names in total have you encountered?
May 31, 2013 06:51 Report Abuse
70% of the people in China use the same 45 surnames. Then, there is a list of the 50 most popular names - which are fairly common. I'm sure you've met a Zhang Wei - I've met like 20 at least. Never met that many John Smiths. I work with a Li Wei, a Liu Wei, Liao Wei, and Wang Fei and Wang Fei (different characters for Wang), etc. Of course, NOONE calls them that, they all have "nicknames" when people are speaking to them, so one may be called "Xiao Wei" another "Wei Wei", etc. But then someone will refer to them by their "professional" name and have to draw their family name character on their hand. I'm sorry, but "Bob", "Dave", or "Steve" is MUCH easier.
May 31, 2013 10:41 Report Abuse
I'm speechless... how long have you been in China? I guess it doesn't take all THAT long to figure out that same Wei could have some 30 different characters under it, all under the glory of 4 different tones... Just because you hear a "wei" doesn't mean that it's the same name (and pronunciation sometimes) to a Chinese person. Lost in translation is all I could see in this situation. and give you a basic crash course in Chinese names. Xiao (ie. Xiao Wei) usually refer to someone younger, and Lao (i.e. Lao Wei) usually a respect to the older generation. And Weiwei could be a young girl's nick name (not many adult man would go by a repeated character in his name, not that I have encountered). And like in anywhere in the world, in any business or formal sitting (this include your mother yelling at you), a person's entire name should be pronounced. And yes, when I was in high school, there were 5 Chrises in my class of 30 people... If you live in China, I'd suggest you to learn some language, it doesn't kill you!
Jun 10, 2013 02:08 Report Abuse
I've met Alcohol, Easy, Banana, Monkey and of course a number of Lincolns and Edisons))
May 30, 2013 11:03 Report Abuse
Nice, I also had one neighbour, owner of shipping company named Genius. and all sort of Fish, Rainbow and don't know what all funny names.
May 30, 2013 10:28 Report Abuse
If it's any consolation, the Chinese names that laowai's use can be pretty suspect too, inadvertently or not.
Dec 03, 2015 18:12 Report Abuse
You do not understand the concept right ? You can not name yourself by other people family name. It is really bad idea.
May 30, 2013 10:26 Report Abuse
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