中国人的姓名通常姓(family name)在前，各(given name)在后。中国有10多亿个名字，所以人们即便在随意场合也可能会连名带姓地介绍自己，这是很寻常的。历史上,人名的受欢迎程度会随着时事而变化。例如，20世纪60- -70年代“红” 颇受欢迎，因其代表革命"。20世纪80年代改革开放时期，“致富” 成为一个名字，因其意为“变得富有”。

The Name in China

In China the family name is usually in front of thegiven name. It isn' t unusual for a man

to introducehimself by his family name with given name even incasual situationsbecause

there are more than abillion given names. The Chinese given name has ahistory of changing

with popularity depending on what events were going on. For instance,during the Cultural

Revolution Hong (the color red) was very popular as it presentsrevolution. During the reform

and opening up in the 1980s, Zhifu became one given name asit means "getting rich"