biéhào

别号

Word · NounTraditional別號

art name; pseudonym; alias

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

art name; pseudonym; alias used in addition to one's given name and courtesy name

formal

In traditional Chinese naming conventions, a person had a 名 (given name), a 字 (courtesy name used by peers), and often a 号 (art name used for literary or artistic purposes). This term can also take the er suffix (别号儿) in some dialects.

Lǐ李
Bái白
zì字
Tài太
Bái白
 ,
bié别
hào号
Qīng青
Lián莲
Jū居
Shì士
 。

Li Bai, courtesy name Taibai, art name Qinglian Jushi (Green Lotus Scholar).

Sū苏
Shì轼
 ,
zì字
Zǐ子
Zhān瞻
 ,
bié别
hào号
Dōng东
Pō坡
Jū居
Shì士
 。

Su Shi, courtesy name Zizhan, art name Dongpo Jushi (Eastern Slope Scholar).

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Tā他
gěi给
zì自
jǐ己
qǐ起
le了
gè个
bié别
hào号
jiào叫
 "
bàn半
shān山
 "
 。

He gave himself an art name called "Banshan" (Half Mountain).