Courtesy name
| Courtesy name (Zi) | |
 | |
| Chinese name | |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | ( biểu ) tự |
| Hanyu Pinyin | (biǎo) zì |
| Wade–Giles | (piao)-tzu |
| Vietnamese name | |
| Vietnamese Alpha bet | tự |
| Chữ Hán | Tự |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 자 |
| Hanja | Tự |
| Revised Romanization | ja |
| McCune–Reischauer | cha |
In East Asia, acourtesy name(Chinese:Tự;pinyin:zì;literally: "character" ) is a name given to a person when they become an adult. It is also known as astyle name.[1]Today, not many Chinese people have courtesy names.
References
[change|change source]- ↑Wilkinson, Endymion Porter (2018).Chinese History: A New Manual.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center. p. 143-145.ISBN978-0998888309.
