Chinese name vs English name

Have been using my chinese name my whole life. but nowadays been using Q cuz its easier for people to pronounce Kiu.

 

my name is Yi Lin (canto) and Qi Lian (manda)... But my parents made it Di lien... Just because it's easier for the dutchmen around us...

 

i like my chinese name but everyone calls me my english name, my chinese name sounds sooo much better >.>

 

people always pronounce my chinese name wrongly,so english is easier for them to called me.

 

hehehe, same as me! lol.
I also like my chinese name but nobody calls me it! grr!

 

I really wouldn't mind being called my chinese name, in fact i quite like it but my parents also gave me an english name and everyone but my family uses that.

 

if your name is "susie," that sounds quite nice. No one calls me by my chinese name except for the chinese school teacher.

 

I prefer 2 be called by my english name cos my chinese name makes me sound so little

 

I believe depending on where you are in the world, english and and chinese name play an important role in move up in world.. If in America, english name is preferred even thou its nots stated cuz it make interviewing for a job a plus.

 

chinese names r cooler

 

my chinese name is way cooler than english

 

english name because i'm so used to it now and no one knows my chinese name except for my family

 

Everyone calls me by my English name and hardly by my Chinese name. Even so, I still take pride in my Chinese name.

 

I use my English name with English friends and chinese name with chinese friends. I feel more comfortable that way..

 

Im used to being called by my english name. My chinese name doesnt have a meaning to it -- just two words put together

 

I think a lot of people who've grown up in an English environment find that they like their Chinese names more than their English ones. But if it was the other way around, I've met a ton of people who only have Chinese names and they always choose English names because they think English names are cooler. It's all perspective, right?

As for me, I'm used to my English name. It's weird for me to hear my Chinese name.

 

i don't like my english name....so many connotations you can derive from it. my english name is willy so im sure u can think of other meanings for that name. btw its not a nickname from william, its just plain willy, which is what is on my birth certificate. so i like my chinese name, 周浩 zhou1 hao4， alot better even though nobody here in california can pronounce it.

 

hahaha, i don't know if it's just me.. but people in hk like to call their names by english... and people who don't like in hk like to be called by chinese name. no? lol.

example these hk ming sing, you don't hear anyone calling them by their chinese name:
- eason chan [chan yik shun] = eason
- yoyo mung [mung ka wai] = yoyo
- bosco wong [wong jung jak] = bosco

etc etc....

but yeh chinese names are wayyy cooler!

 

I don't tell my non-Asians friends my Chinese name but my family call me only by my Chinese name even in the presence of my friends.

 

I have a Chinese name but everyone refers to me by my English name - including my parents and grandparents