The single and double name: One word named after the addition of a Chinese family name, two words after the addition of a family name.

起单双名：单字起名为姓氏后增加一个汉字，双字名为姓氏后面增加两个汉字。

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Traditionally, the father's family name is the first choice for a Chinese kid's surname, although the use of the mother's name is not uncommon.

从我国传统来看，孩子一般随爸爸姓，尽管也不乏跟妈妈姓的情况。

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Chinese people usually have two word or three word names: the family name, a middle name and the last name.

中国人的名字通常由两个字或三个字组成：姓，中间名和最后名。

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Boston University and the Chinese Consulate in New York both said on Tuesday that a Chinese graduate student had been killed in the bombing but withheld the name at the family's request.

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