chinese name for visa

[James_and_JoAnne 7]

Hi, friends

we received our NOA1 by mail today. but on the 797C form my chinese name (in pin yin) is wrong. let me explain in more detail. my name is : WONG Zhou hong.  i think because when we submitted the forum, we put my name this way : family name: WONG;  first name: Zhou; middle name: Hong..  so my name on the notice is WONG Zhou...  i wonder if it will be a problem in the future. does anyone know and has the same experience?  

thanks

JoAnne

[James_and_JoAnne 7]

Bumping this back up to see if i can get attention ;-) … can anyone offer any advice on the using the middle name field for a chinese name? I think i should have left the middle name blank and put here first name as Zhou Hong.

any ideas on this?

[pushbrk 13,426]

Bumping this back up to see if i can get attention ;-) … can anyone offer any advice on the using the middle name field for a chinese name? I think i should have left the middle name blank and put here first name as Zhou Hong.

any ideas on this?

Almost right. Look at your passport and you'll see WANG Zhouhong as the proper pinyin. There is no middle name and no space between the two syllables of your given name. I'm guessing this is not your real name but don't think WONG is the correct pinyin for any Chinese family name.

[James_and_JoAnne 7]

Almost right. Look at your passport and you'll see WANG Zhouhong as the proper pinyin. There is no middle name and no space between the two syllables of your given name. I'm guessing this is not your real name but don't think WONG is the correct pinyin for any Chinese family name.

Thanks Pushbrk … Yes, not her real name and you're right about the pinyin :-) … I guess the question really is: will this present a problem and should we worry about correcting it and if so, when? I feel it will just delay things now to attempt to correct it and they will use the information from the passport, and not what I filled out on the forms. … does that make sense?

[pushbrk 13,426]

Thanks Pushbrk … Yes, not her real name and you're right about the pinyin :-) … I guess the question really is: will this present a problem and should we worry about correcting it and if so, when? I feel it will just delay things now to attempt to correct it and they will use the information from the passport, and not what I filled out on the forms. … does that make sense?

This is a common error. Fill out the visa applications with the correct Pinyin and you'll be OK.

Chinese characters equate to syllables, not words. Spaces separate words. A word can have one or more syllables. "Pinyin" is one word as are all Chinese given names. A two-syllable Chinese name takes two characters to write but properly transliterated to Pinyin, it's still one word and one name. For the most part, only family names and perhaps some cities like Xian, have one syllable, so all other Chinese words are a combination of two characters representing two syllables, like Beijing, or Guangzhou.

[James_and_JoAnne 7]

This is a common error. Fill out the visa applications with the correct Pinyin and you'll be OK.

Chinese characters equate to syllables, not words. Spaces separate words. A word can have one or more syllables. "Pinyin" is one word as are all Chinese given names. A two-syllable Chinese name takes two characters to write but properly transliterated to Pinyin, it's still one word and one name. For the most part, only family names and perhaps some cities like Xian, have one syllable, so all other Chinese words are a combination of two characters representing two syllables, like Beijing, or Guangzhou.

OT: Thanks :-) … Actually the city Xi'an is also two characters (西安) and uses an apostrophe to separate the pinyin so that it is not confused with the pinyin "xian" as in 'first' or 'xian zai' for 'now' …

[pushbrk 13,426]

OT: Thanks :-) … Actually the city Xi'an is also two characters (西安) and uses an apostrophe to separate the pinyin so that it is not confused with the pinyin "xian" as in 'first' or 'xian zai' for 'now' …

Shows you what I know.