Expandthanks guys,
even though that was a big load of information for me to handle
just to make sure you didn't waste your time to educate me
, for the rest of China it's surname + given name . but for those minorities it's given name + father name ? but they are mostly known just by their given names, right ? and the proper way to write their name is Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan, Maimaitituersun Qiong and Aihemaiti Maimaiti ?
one last question, there is a Chinese female wrestler called simply Paliha. are there people in China with just one name ?
btw naming system was also different and confusing in Iran long time ago but something like 100 years ago, the former dictator of Iran decided to force people to follow the western naming system. everybody had to pick a surname.
The names of many ethnic minorities in China are one, but Paliha is a Uighur.
ExpandTraditionally, we call their given name only, the first part. Like Tuohetaerbieke, Maimaitituersun and Aihemaiti. It's the correct way to call them. But in reality, it's too long for most people, we can call" Bro Tuo" or " Small Bieke".
I always think we know each other on some Chinese social platforms?
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so you call him Tanglatihan Tuohetaerbieke ? I mean the order. still the given name comes last like other Chinese names ?
what about Maimaitituersun Qiong and other guy Aihemaiti Maimaiti ?
Of course not, we respect the names of such minority people. Given name is the first.
Expand@Vic Liu I have a habit of learning about naming system of all countries. I think everybody knows for normal Chinese names surname comes first. but I'm interested to know about some of your athletes with non-Chinese name, probably from Inner Mongolia ? or other parts of China.
for example what do you call your 75kg guy ? TUOHETA ERBIEKE Tanglatihan ? or that veteran guy Qiong ? what's the given name and what's the surname ?
TUOHETA ERBIEKE is the given name,in the Chinese national team,we always call him “small BIEKE”
China has 9 athletes get into the quarter final,how amazing.
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Very well, I think you are already a mature sports fan
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