姓名的起源
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你是怎么给自己起中文名字的？你相信从名字上能看出你的性格，你的未来吗？姓名对于一个人来说实在是太重要了。曾有一位年轻的父亲告诉我，他最兴奋也是最头疼的一件事就是给孩子起名字。在中国，起名字可是一门很深的学问，在今天的课程中你可以了解到许多起名字的习惯以及教你怎样去读懂一个人的名字。
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 五花八门 | wǔhuābāmén | all kinds of | |
| 复姓 | fùxìng | two character surname | |
| 维吾尔族 | wéiwúěrzú | Uighur | |
| 欧阳 | Oūyáng | Ouyang (two character surname) |
你知道吗做老师的乐趣之一就是每年新生报到的时候可以看点名册上那些五花八门的名字有些名字真的很有趣
nǐ 你zhīdào 知道ma 吗zuò 做lǎoshī 老师de 的lèqù 乐趣zhīyī 之一jiùshì 就是měinián 每年xīnshēng 新生bàodào 报到de 的shíhou 时候kěyǐ 可以kàn 看diǎnmíngcè 点名册shàng 上nàxiē 那些wǔhuābāmén 五花八门de 的míngzi 名字yǒuxiē 有些míngzi 名字zhēnde 真的hěn 很yǒuqù 有趣
You know what? One of the joys of being a teacher is that when new students sign up every year, you can look at the attendance list and see the variety of names. Some names are really funny!
是吗对此我倒是没有仔细研究过我只知道中国的名字以两个字和三个字的居多还有极少数的复姓组成的四个字的名字
shì 是ma 吗duìcǐ 对此wǒ 我dàoshì 倒是méiyǒu 没有zǐxì 仔细yánjiū 研究guo 过wǒ 我zhǐ 只zhīdào 知道Zhōngguó 中国de 的míngzi 名字yǐ 以liǎng 两ge 个zì 字hé 和sān 三ge 个zì 字de 的jūduō 居多hái 还yǒu 有jí 极shǎoshù 少数de 的fùxìng 复姓zǔchéng 组成de 的sì 四ge 个zì 字de 的míngzi 名字
Really? I've never really looked into it that carefully. I just know that most Chinese names have two or three characters. There are also a very small number of double surnames that have four characters.
你说的多是汉族的起名习惯吧少数民族的名字则和我们通常所见的名字不太一样而且字数都很多比如肖甫开提阿依布拉克什么的这些就是维吾尔族的名字
nǐ 你shuō 说de 的duō shì 多是hànzú 汉族de 的qǐmíng 起名xíguàn 习惯ba 吧shǎoshùmínzú 少数民族de 的míngzi 名字zé 则hé 和wǒmen 我们tōngcháng 通常suǒ 所jiàn 见de 的míngzi 名字bùtài 不太yīyàng 一样érqiě 而且zìshù 字数dōu 都hěn duō 很多bǐrú 比如xiāofǔkāití 肖甫开提āyībùlākè 阿依布拉克shénme de 什么的zhèxiē 这些jiùshì 就是wéiwú ěr zú 维吾尔族de 的míngzi 名字
I think you're talking about how Chinese choose names. Minority peoples' names are different from the ones we usually see. And there are a lot of characters. For example Xiaofukaiti, A-yibulake and so on. These are Uighur names.
哇看来你对名字还真是很有研究那汉族的名字通常都只有两到三个字吗
wā 哇kànlai 看来nǐ 你duì 对míngzi 名字hái 还zhēnshì 真是hěn yǒu 很有yánjiū 研究nà 那hànzú 汉族de 的míngzi 名字tōngcháng 通常dōu 都zhǐyǒu 只有liǎng 两dào 到sān 三ge 个zì 字ma 吗
Oh. It looks like you really know something about names. Well, Han names generally have only two or three characters, right?
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