As I update this week's #WatchPartyCalendar my #KungFuSat friends, here's a li'l #nomenclature lesson for my KFS #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon posts.
In English, to help non-Chinese understand our ambiguous names, we capitalize SURNAMES and append the Chinese first names, if we've also chosen a Western first name.
Examples:
• Andy LAU Tak Wah
• Sesame SQUIRREL Xiao Li §
• Jet LI Lian Jie
• CHOW Yun Fat
FYI : Squirrel = 松鼠 = Sōngshǔ
so -- Sesame SONGSHU Xiao Li
§ Xiao Li is my name IRL
Edited 91d ago