Originally Posted by
tentseller
Did you name yourself or someone did it for you? How is your Chinese name related to your original name? Any phonic resemblance?
It would be bad joss to comment on other's name in public and any comment would not be appropriate without knowing the background of how the name came about.
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My name was chosen by a departmental admin shortly after I arrived in BJ. It is vaguely similar sounding to my surname. I tend not to use it (in my profession, real names are important), and actually have another one that vaguely sounds like my first name, which I use even less, since that one has little meaning, whereas I really like the 德 in my name (same as md's).
However, was curious how it sounds to Chinese ears...I know that it's not 'the done thing' in actual Chinese names to have all good meanings, which makes me a little worried about this name...but that's life!
tb