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Not only that, we might be exposed to them for years without really knowing which is the family name and which is the given name!

In a vacuum, I might have guess "Chow Yun-fat" as starting with the family name because I know that the hyphenated, two-part names are usually given. But a name like "Yao Ming" I might not have had any idea, since I don't have the cultural exposure to know which single syllable words look more like family names versus given names.

Imagine expecting a Chinese person to figure out "Larry David" with no other context.