Seanver Posted April 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 at 11:14 AM It may be a lame question, but I'm taking it this year and reading the instructions it said that you have to write (I assume on the exam sheet) your name in both your native form and CHINESE, although it gives no further information. So would someone who's taken an HSK exam before be able to tell me if it's necessary to write your name in Chinese? Since I have no "official" Chinese name so to speak, if that was the case, would it be enough to search for the usual transliterations, etc? Or is it thought for Chinese people with a Chinese name and they just translated the instrutions without specifying it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanglu Posted April 23, 2009 at 12:44 PM Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 at 12:44 PM I'd never really thought about having an 'official' Chinese name before. You can write whatever you want, it will get written on your result form though. I have no idea what would happen if you left it blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanver Posted April 23, 2009 at 01:13 PM Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 at 01:13 PM As for "official", just a manner of speech. So I could just write anything I consider to sound like my name or mean something similar to my name? Because I have quite an unsual Spanish surname for which I don't think there is any commonly (or uncommonly) used transliteration around so I would have to come up with one myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyons Posted April 23, 2009 at 09:38 PM Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 at 09:38 PM When I took the HSK last year, I left the 'Chinese Name' section blank. No problems with the application, exam or certificate. I do have a Chinese name, which a teacher gave me years ago. I think one would have to be very confident in their Chinese skills to choose their own name. However, my Chinese name is hardly 'official' and I don't really use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevelyan Posted April 24, 2009 at 06:59 AM Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 at 06:59 AM Put down the name of your favourite Hong Kong film star. If you do badly you can always claim it was them taking the test, using your name as cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atitarev Posted April 24, 2009 at 10:35 AM Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 at 10:35 AM I used my Chinese (安德利) and English (or romanised) names. Both appeared on the certificate. Can't see any problem with that. If you don't need, just leave the Chinese name blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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