link text If you have a Chinese boyfriend or girlfriend, first you will ask his/her name.But, Chinese name is different from western.

如果你有一个中国的男朋友/女朋友，首先，你要问他/她的名字。但是，中国的名字与西方的不同。

For our Chinese,it is logical to show the given name after family name.But for western people,it's opposite.

对我们中国人而言，姓在前名在后，很符合逻辑。而西方人则不然，要先说名字，然后再说姓。

The common question is"Would you please tell me which is family name,which is given name?" when westerners meet Chinese.

所以外国人见了中国人的名字，不知所以然，往往要问：那个是姓，那个是名？

The definite answer is: Our family names are in front of given names. However,this simple answer always confuses westerners.

回答当然是：我的前面的名字是姓，后面的名字是名字。别看这么简单，用英语说就罗嗦了，老外总是弄混。

So many Chinese reverse their family names and given names when they introduce themselves.

所以现在好多中国人出国后自报家名时干脆把姓名颠倒。

so,do you want a Chinese to be your boyfriend/girlfriend?

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Cool. Thanks for the info.

"If you have a Chinese boyfriend or girlfriend, first you will ask his/her name."

I've been with my girlfriend for nearly two years, and she STILL hasn't told me her name!

Am I doing it wrong??

"Our family names are in front of given names. However,this simple answer always confuses westerners."

No. This simple answer confuses stupid people. It's a simple answer.

"so,do you want a Chinese to be your boyfriend/girlfriend?"

After reading your article, DEFINITELY NOT I AM BREAKING UP WITH HER AS SOON AS I GET HOME.

link text Do you work for the Chinese company to post the culture different on web? But it's different in Western.

Maybe you had thought it was the cretive way for do the ad freely. But nobody had liked it realy.

Most of the culture advise are not good.

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Hahahahaha ... what Tracy wrote here is nothing, compared to my first encounter of the concept of "first name", or even "second name" ...

OH SHIT MOTHERFUCKER

I FEEL AS THOUGH MY IGNORANCE DEVIL OF ORIENTAL CULTURE HAS JUST BEEN CURBSTOMPED BY CULTURAL WISDOM OF DIFFERENCES TRUTHINESS

THANK YOU OP

wtf is this..get a grib op !

grip!!

oh god is that pear? changed your name but the cat pic made it so obvious

I LOVE ADVERTISING

so do I~