What is your Chinese name?

赵 心荷 Zhao Xinhe

What does your name mean?

It is actually a combination of my dad’s and my mom’s names, My dad’s family name is 赵(zhao) and my mom’s family name is 何(he).

What is your English name? (Please write in pinyin if you don’t have one)

Alice

Who gave you your English name?

Myself

Is there a pronunciation/meaning connection between your English name and Chinese name?

No

Have you ever abandoned your English name? What was the reason?

No

Does your name ever give you any funny, embarrassing, or uncomfortable experiences?

Not really, just many people couldn’t pronounce my name correctly even after I teach them several times, so out of desperation, now I just go by alice for convenience purposes.

Do you prefer your Chinese name or your English name? Which name better represents your own identity?

To be honest I don’t really like how my Chinese name is a combination of my parents’ names. I am an individual, not a witness gift of you two’s romantic relationship. But even so, my Chinese name is me, and my English name is more like a code name to make it easier to be identified, like a chameleon hiding itself in the color of the bark of a tree. I hide my Asian identity in this easily accepted popular American girl name, obediently allowing a part of myself to be dissolved.