陈建国

陳建國
ChénJiànguó
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 a very common Chinese personal name (陈 surname + 建国 'build the nation')

Examples

Chén Jiànguó shì wǒmen chǎng de lǎo shīfu.
Chen Jianguo is a senior master worker at our factory.
Cūn lǐ jiào Chén Jiànguó de jiù yǒu sān gè.
There are three people named Chen Jianguo just in our village.

Tips

culture
建国 ('build the nation') is one of the most stereotypically Mao-era given names, along with , , . The combination 陈建国 is so common it has become shorthand for 'generic middle-aged Chinese man' in internet humour.
history
Peak years for naming boys 建国 were 1949–50 (PRC founding) and the 1960s. Today the name reads as unmistakably retro.

Stroke Order

chén
jiàn
guó