China's New Proposed Last Name System

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070612/lf_afp/lifestylechinasocietynameoffbeat_070612065246

craaazy. just imagine what kinda even crazier last names there'll be if the proposals pass.

 

I think they should just force the naming to be child's last name = father's lastname + mother's maiden name/last name

Father = Li; Mother = Chen
Child = Li-Chen

But I guess this system will come back and haunt us in the long run... -unsure

 

Guy of funny. I'm sure everyone's name gonna be all messed up.

 

Man never thought that there were so few surnames in China

 

Just think about it:

If the child with his surname Zhuzhou marry his/her partner with a double surname their child will get a quad surname?!?!?! If this child with the quad surname marry a person with two, four, eigth etc. sunames...
Okay maybe there will be a restriction count of surnames...

 

^haha a big fat domino affect

 

^I think the government will going nuts if they have to handle this issue without any restrictions.

 

now, i don't know Chinese ... but how will ZhuZhou be written in Chinese characters?

 

^just as 2 different characters i guess, so chinese names will end up with 4 characters

unless they start to combine to form a new super language too -lol

 

I guess that's why they give the parents a choice... so when the kids with two surnames grow up and have children, they can decide whether their offsprings will adopt their name or take a ultra-long quadruple surname...

 

Hey, isn't it cool if one of the children accept all surnames of his 10+ generation ancestors? The government would appreciate this.

 

LOL, the surname alone would take 2 lines in Chinese characters And its English pinyin would take 4 lines

 

wow this is what china has to come to... combining both surnames... It would be fun i guess to see what they can come up with but this is ridiculous. The chinese name for those people are going to be 4 characters?

 

There are people whose last name has 2 character as is... like Au-yeung and Szeto etc... So it's no huge leap of imagination...

 

my sur name is 沈 and he is 罗

沈 + 罗 or 罗 + 沈

i don't think these two can sound good , so what should i do ?? get another guy with a better sur name ?? haha

 

Well, it will take some getting used to in the beginning, but after a while you'll get used to it either way...

 

Hahaha...maybe there will be a science to recommend ppl who they should marry to get a good combo of surname. As better the surname as better your luck etc.

 

yes, thats true...
so the future generations will have long (sur)names...just like the japanese now have....
I don't know why...but japanse names translated in chinese are always very long ....

 

combining surnames in chiense would be weird....then again ppl would do it...

 

lol...well my last name is chen...if i had my mums wang then my name would still b one line on passport....but imaging CUrries that are in chinaa.....they would have like 30+ characters (english) for just their last name ....LOL