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Things you should know of Chinese names
Tips for choosing your Chinese name
How to avoid having stupid/strange Chinese names
Song: 《李雷和韩梅梅》徐誉滕 Li Lei & Han Meimei by Xu Yuteng
Dialogue:
A：你叫什么名字？
Nǐ jiào shén me míng zì ？
What’s your name?
B：我叫李雷。木子李，打雷的雷。你呢？
Wǒ jiào lǐ léi 。Mù zǐ lǐ ，dǎ léi de léi。Nǐ ne ？
My name is Li Lei.The “Li” is “mu” plus “zi”,
and the “Lei” is the character means “thunder”. How about you?
A：我叫韩梅梅，韩国的韩，梅花的梅。
Wǒ jiào hán méi méi ，hán guó de hán ，méi huā de méi 。
My name is Han Meimei.The “Han” is the character for “Korean”,
And the “Mei” means “plum blossom”.
Words & expressions:
【叫】jiào：call
【名字】míng zì: name
【打雷】dǎ léi: thunder
【韩国】hán guó: Korean
【梅花】méi huā: plum blossom