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Chinese people rarely change their surnames after marriage; kids usually inherit the father's surname and that's it. This has never caused any issues; systems I
by nneonneo 1y ago
Chinese people rarely change their surnames after marriage; kids usually inherit the father's surname and that's it. This has never caused any issues; systems I've interacted with have been totally OK with the idea that the parents can have different surnames from each other.
- cortesoft 1y agoYep, none of the women in my family have changed their name when the got married. Long marriages, kids, and no issues so far.
- SoftTalker 1y agoChinese living in the west also will sometimes adopt a western name.
- decimalenough 1y agoMany Singaporean Chinese IDs have an English name, the dialectal Chinese name, and the Mandarin readings of the same characters, resulting in "Harry Lee Kuan Yew (Li Guangyao)".
- throwaway2037 1y ago> will sometimes adopt a western name Do you mean first name or family name?
- SoftTalker 1y agoA given name/first name, at least in the cases I directly know.