Thinking about Chinese naming customs last week, I recalled how my husband, Erik, and I struggled to solve our own challenge: how could two non Chinese speaking people possibly give their daughter the appropriate [Chinese] name she deserved. Here’s our story.
Several months before we met our daughter, we received what is …
Naming babies in Hong Kong – and China – is a complex process. The Chinese believe that the name of a baby can have an impact on the child’s destiny; and consequently, it is very important to get it just right. My friend Vera recently shared with me a Cantonese …
It turns out that everyone who moves to China must adopt a Chinese name. When the people facilitating our move informed my husband of this, he immediately called me, “You need a Chinese name. The moving company says they will select one for you, but I thought you would want …
Elizabeth Kain is a freelance writer. After three years in Hong Kong, she recently moved - with her husband and daughter - to Beijing, China. Her lifelong passion for Read More >>
