Trying to name my kid, I looked up Zha family generation names. Chinese families traditionally use a character from a poem to denote each generation. Poem for 查 Zha Clan: 秉志允大继嗣克昌，奕世有人济美忠良，传家孝友华国文章，宗英绍起祖德载光
Great-Grandpa is 查济眉. 济is his generation name. 4 generation frm him is covered by phrase 济美忠良. I am 良generation 良字辈, same generation as martial arts novelist Jin Yong 金庸, full name 查良镛, who is my 族兄 Clan brother.
What I realized that Grandpa didn’t strictly follow the generation naming rule. His children are 忠generation 忠字辈. But he swapped char 忠 (loyalty) to homophone 中 (China) and put it last, so Dad and Uncles would’ve patriotic name like 建中(build China) etc
My kid’s generation name would be 传 Chuan appropriately meaning pass on (legacy, heritage).
No, I would not name my kid 传璞(chuanpu), Trump Zha!
No, I would not name my kid 传璞(chuanpu), Trump Zha!
I think 查传理 Zha Chuanli is a good name in Chinese, but I am afraid non-Chinese people will call him Chong Li
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