大多数中国人的名字有两个部分，一个是姓，一个是名。
和很多文化不一样的是，中国人的姓放在前面，名放在后面。
你可以跟爸爸姓，也可以跟妈妈姓，但是可以有不同的名。
很多人小的时候，家人会给他们一个昵称，到了学校和社会中，他们开始用自己正式的名字。
大多数的名字都有特殊的意义，很多父母也会把对孩子的期望放在名字中。
比如，“康”可能是希望孩子健康，“美”可能是希望孩子成为一个美丽的人。
很多人长大后，会根据自己的喜好给自己起一个新名字。
如果你是艺人，可以起一个艺名；
如果你是作家，可以起一个笔名；
如果你上网，还可以起一个网名。
你的名字叫什么？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 大多数 | dà duō shù | (great) majority |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 姓 | xìng | family name; surname |
| 名 | míng | name |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 前面 | qián miàn | ahead / in front / preceding / above |
| 后面 | hòu miàn | behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 跟 | gēn | to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different / distinct / not the same / not alike |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 家人 | jiā rén | family member |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 昵称 | nì chēng | nickname / diminutive / term of endearment |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 社会 | shè huì | society |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 特殊 | tè shū | special / particular / unusual / extraordinary |
| 意义 | yì yì | sense / meaning / significance / importance |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 期望 | qī wàng | expectation / hope |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 康 | kāng | healthy / peaceful / abundant |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | healthy |
| 美 | měi | beautiful / very satisfactory; good |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 美丽 | měi lì | beautiful |
| 长 | zhǎng | to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 根据 | gēn jù | according to / based on |
| 喜好 | xǐ hào | fond of / one's tastes / preference |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 艺人 | yì rén | entertainer; performing artist / artisan; craftsman |
| 艺 | yì | skill / art |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author |
| 笔 | bǐ | writing brush; writing implement / brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy) / (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork |
| 上网 | shàng wǎng | to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 网 | wǎng | net; web / network |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |