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1 Yourself
1. What is your full name please?
I’m Tang Xiaojiao, but you can call me Jenny. That is my English
name and I chose it
a long time ago.
2. How do I spell your last name please?
(Last name = surname = family name. Be careful!)
It’s Tang, T A-N-G.
3. Does your Chinese name have a special meaning?
Yes, it does. My first name Xiaojiao means “little crying.”，guess that when，was a
baby I used to be pretty loud.
My parents chose to call me Xin Zhang, and it’s a pretty common name. Xin means “heart”
and Zhang means "articles", you know, “essays.” My folks ( = parents) wanted me to be smart and
well-read, you know, knowledgeable. They put a
lot of pressure on my
shoulders with this name．
My name is Yaning.Ya means that I am
the second child of the family,
and Ning means
“silence. ” I guess that when I was a child I used to be very calm.
