Chinese Naming Customs: Difference between revisions

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::2nd child = YANG Qingxi '''(Qing is the generation name)'''<ref>"A GUIDE TO NAMES AND NAMING PRACTICES, UK Names Guide'", https://www.fbiic.gov/public/2008/nov/Naming_practice_guide_UK_2006.pdf, accessed 5 March 2021.</ref>
::2nd child = YANG Qingxi '''(Qing is the generation name)'''<ref>"A GUIDE TO NAMES AND NAMING PRACTICES, UK Names Guide'", https://www.fbiic.gov/public/2008/nov/Naming_practice_guide_UK_2006.pdf, accessed 5 March 2021.</ref>
==Tibetan Names==
==Tibetan Names==
===Surnames==
===Surnames===
*Family names are rare except among those of '''aristocratic ancestry''' and then come before the personal name.
*Family names are rare except among those of '''aristocratic ancestry''' and then come before the personal name.
*Tibetan nomads (drokpa) also use '''clan names'''; in farming communities, they are now rare and may be replaced by household name.
*Tibetan nomads (drokpa) also use '''clan names'''; in farming communities, they are now rare and may be replaced by household name.
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