中国汉族人的全名由姓和名组成。中文姓名的特点是，姓总是在前，名跟在其后。千百年来，父姓一直世代相传。然而，如今，孩子跟母亲姓并不罕见。一般来说，名有一个或两个汉字，通常承载父母对孩子的愿望。从孩子的名字可以推断出父母希望孩子成为什么样的人，或者期望他们过什么样的生活。父母非常重视给孩子取名，因为名字往往会伴随孩子一生。

    The full name of China’s Han people consists of family name and given name. The characteristic of Chinese name is that the family name always comes first, followed by the given name. Getting the family name from one’s father has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Nowadays, however, it is not uncommon for children to take their mother’s family name. Generally speaking, a given name is composed of one or two Chinese characters, which usually carries the parents’ hope for their children. What can be inferred from a child’s name is what kind of person the parents want their kids to be, or what kind of life they expect them to live. Parents attach great importance to naming their children because names tend to accompany their children through their lives.