Blog Tag - Names

Brilliant or Disastrous? When Foreign Names Get Chinese Translations
Aside from getting a bank account, phone number, and apartment in Beijing, one challenge every expat faces – especially those attending university...
DP WTF Did You Just Call Me?
"What do you call somebody from Xi'an? Xi'anian? Xi'aner? Xi'anese?" None of the above, apparently, as I recently learned while writing a blog...
Mandarin Monday: Choosing a Chinese Name 101 (So as to Avoid Sounding Like a Weirdo)
Elephant, Yolo, Little Dragon, Lucifer… we’ve all come across strange sounding English names that Chinese people have chosen for themselves. Clearly...
The Lighter Side of China: English Names & The Chinese
I remember with great detail the moment I was given a Chinese name. It was more than 20 years ago, I had just arrived in Asia, and the first thing...