Chinese pet names

Chinese pet names

In Chinese communities, people choose Chinese pet names often based on the pet's physical characteristics. The adjective "little" (Chinese: 小, pinyin: xiǎo) is added in front of the physical characteristic, creating an effect equivalent to adding "little" to "John" resulting in "Little John" or "Johnny." See the following table for common Chinese pet names.

Chinese Pet Names
Chinese pet name Pinyin Literal translation Comments
小白 Xiaobai "Little White/ Whitie"
小黒 Xiaohei "Little Black/ Blackie"
小紅 Xiaohong "Little Red/ Reddy" Common bird name; roughly equivalent to Polly
小黃 Xiaohuang "Little Yellow/ Yellowie" Includes golden or fawn color pets
小靑 Xiaoqing "Little Green/ Greeny" A legendary green snake has this name
小胖 Xiaopang "Little Fat/ Fatty" Also a Chinese nickname for plump humans
小玉 Xiaoyu "Little Jade" Derived from the Jade Rabbit (玉兔)
來福 Laifu "Come Prosperity" Also used as an internet nickname
阿福 Ahfu "Ah-Prosperity" "Johnny" form of Prosperity
Lucky NA NA Common English name used by Chinese communities to name pets



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