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How names are written in Chinese?
Unlike English names, Chinese people write their family name (normally a single letter) first and then their given name (one or two letters). There are over 700 Chinese surnames, but only about 100 are commonly used.
What is popular religion in China?
National surveys conducted in the early 21st century estimated that some 80% of the population of China, which is more than a billion people, practice some kind of Chinese folk religion; 13–16% are Buddhists; 10% are Taoist; 2.53% are Christians; and 0.83% are Muslims.
What Chinese name means gift from God?
Today, Juan is still a common name in China. It is also a popular boy’s name in Spanish-speaking countries, where it means “a gift from God.”
What is the Chinese word for Christianity?
Christianity / Christian. 基督教 is the Chinese, Japanese and Korean word for “Christianity.”. Just as in English, this word is often used to mean “Protestant” but includes Catholics in the true definition. It is the word used to refer to the whole “Christian religion” or “Christian Faith” and therefore, it can be translated as “Christianity.”.
How are the Chinese names written in English?
The Chinese names are written in the simplified characters used in Mainland China . It’s common for Chinese people to translate their native names into English by pronunciation. An English translation is created by using sounds similar to the Chinese characters .
How do you say’Catholic’in Chinese?
The Roman Catholic Church historically favored Tiānzhǔ (天主, literally, “Heavenly Lord”, or “Lord of Heaven”), and so “Catholicism” is most commonly rendered Tiānzhǔ jiào = Tiānzhǔ + jiào “teach” (天主教), although among Chinese Catholics the literal translation of “catholic”, Gōng jiào = gōng “Universal” + jiào (公教), is also used.
How many Chinese characters are revealed in God’s promise to the Chinese?
In the book God’s Promise to the Chinese by Ethel R. Nelson and Richard E. Broadberry, hundreds more are revealed. Do the mysterious, ancient Chinese characters have a biblical meaning little understood before?