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courtesy name nghĩa là gì?

tên chữ

courtesy name in Vietnamese: tên chữ, tên tự, tự, biệt hiệu. In English, courtesy name means an alias used instead of one's given name by peers and subordinates as a symbol of adulthood and respect in China and sometimes more broadly other East Asian cultures.

Vietnamese words for courtesy name

alias (formerly) used in later life in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood in China and other East Asian cultures
tên chữ, tên tự, tự, biệt hiệu, biểu tự, chữ

English meaning of courtesy name

  1. noun An alias used instead of one's given name by peers and subordinates as a symbol of adulthood and respect in China and sometimes more broadly other East Asian cultures.

Full definition of courtesy name

courtesy name in a sentence

  • Confucius's birth name was Kong Qiu, but his courtesy name was Kong Zhongni.

Synonyms of courtesy name

Questions about courtesy name in Vietnamese

What is the meaning of courtesy name in Vietnamese?
Courtesy name in Vietnamese is tên chữ, tên tự, tự, biệt hiệu.
courtesy name nghĩa là gì?
Courtesy name: tên chữ, tên tự, tự, biệt hiệu.
What does courtesy name mean in English?
Courtesy name means an alias used instead of one's given name by peers and subordinates as a symbol of adulthood and respect in China and sometimes more broadly other East Asian cultures.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: courtesy name (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Vietnamese words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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