Macross SEED

[Acyl]

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As a rule of the thumb, chinese names have three characters, each with one syllable [...] As a result, Ningshui Jialan is not a likely chinese name [...] Lyn Min-mei, however, is a perfectly logically constructed traditional chinese name(Surname before personal name).

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As a clarification (from a native speaker) Chinese names actually have two to three syllables. Three is simply the most common. Family names are one syllable. Given names are two - but can be one. I know a guy called Lim Jit, for example.
It IS theoretically possible to have a four-syllable name. But that'd actually be Mongolian or something, and not strictly Chinese. That's pretty much unknown these days, tho - I've only seen it in history books.
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