We all are very well aware of the fact that Chinese language is not an alphabetic language and the Chinese characters are often called as ‘squared characters'. But it is also a known fact that the Chinese language is the mostly used language in the world. And the most interesting aspect of the Chinese language is the Chinese names.The Chinese names have certain important aspects to it, which should be understood before understanding the Chinese names.
Foremost there is a huge difference between the Chinese names and the western names relating to the order of the given name and the family name. According to the western tradition, in a name the given name is firstly placed followed by the family name like Bill Clinton, the name has the given name followed by the family name. While in the Chinese name the first preference is given to the family name, which is followed by the given name, like Hu Jintao.
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