Chinese names: teaching examples
By Columbia University
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- Original page label
- Columbia University: Chinese Names
- Original provider
- Columbia University: Chinese Names
- Full scope record
- Text read; limited instructional and cataloging examples. No universal identity, personality, or address rule inferred; broad cultural-value generalizations in Columbia are not adopted.
- Before using the source
- Read the text and distinguish documented details from your own interpretation.
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- Why selected
- Follow the specific evidence behind this story, then compare it with your own notes.
- Page checked
- 2026-11-02
- What was checked
- Wu Gongfu example identifies Wu as surname and Gongfu as given name. Text evidence reviewed November 2, 2026; this is not full video, caption, rights or human editorial review.
- Media & reuse
- Link to the original provider. No source image, performance, worksheet or modern translation is copied or rehosted.
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