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SoftTalker
259 days ago
Chinese living in the west also will sometimes adopt a western name.
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decimalenough
259 days ago
Many Singaporean Chinese IDs have an English name, the dialectal Chinese name, and the Mandarin readings of the same characters, resulting in "Harry Lee Kuan Yew (Li Guangyao)".
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throwaway2037
259 days ago
> will sometimes adopt a western name
Do you mean first name or family name?
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SoftTalker
259 days ago
A given name/first name, at least in the cases I directly know.
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