New Members Ques Posted July 13, 2015 at 11:43 PM New Members Report Posted July 13, 2015 at 11:43 PM My assistant Laoshi gave me a transliteration of my English name on the first day of Chinese 101, and I've wanted to change it ever since. Because I'm leaving for a year of study in China imminently, now seems like the last chance to change it before it gets cemented into my psyche. After a few hours of reading on the subject of choosing a Chinese name, I've preliminarily settled on 明晓慧. Ideally my name would reference the moon, be gender-neutral, sound like an actual Chinese name, and not be accidentally offensive or stupid. If anyone has any input I'd greatly appreciate it! Quote
somethingfunny Posted July 14, 2015 at 12:09 PM Report Posted July 14, 2015 at 12:09 PM Run it by a real Chinese person and judge from their reaction... Quote
Lu Posted July 14, 2015 at 02:59 PM Report Posted July 14, 2015 at 02:59 PM 明晓慧 sounds rather feminine to me although I suppose it could be a male name. Not sure if 明 is a real surname, if it is it is quite rare and people will tell you it's not a real surname when you introduce yourself. What is your real name? (Or just your given name if you'd prefer not to put your full name on here?) It can be nice to have a Chinese name that has some reference to one's own name. Quote
New Members Ques Posted July 14, 2015 at 05:22 PM Author New Members Report Posted July 14, 2015 at 05:22 PM I talked to my Chinese relatives about this and scratched everything and started over. I really like my younger cousins name which is 张星慧， so we slightly altered it to be 张星云，which we were all happy with. That doesn't sound like anything bad, does it? Quote
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