Will some kind Chinese-American, or Chinese-Englishman (or woman) please advise?

A Chinese friend of mine plans to study in America. His name is Deng Kao (pronounced Dung Cow).


In the West will he be obliged to turn it round and be called Kao Deng?Will some kind Chinese-American, or Chinese-Englishman (or woman) please advise?
yes--in China, your last name goes in front of your first.Will some kind Chinese-American, or Chinese-Englishman (or woman) please advise?
No. In Chinese the family name always precedes the given name';Deng'; (family surname - like Deng Xiao Ping the former Chinese leader) the second name ';Kao'; (this should be ';Gao'; in pinyin. Even if he adopts a christian name it should read John Deng.





By the way it is NOT pronounced ';dung';; correct pinyin would be: 邓 dèng 高 gāo





For the unitiated, the temptation is there to poke fun of foreign names due to ignorance of the language/culture.

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