Pronounced: Dǎng / Guó
Literally: Party (Communist Party) / State; Nation
Also means: Examples of generic surnames assigned to orphans in China that were recently outlawed in order to help protect orphans from discrimination later in life. See:
- Authorities to ban names that identify orphans (China Daily)
- Chinese orphans to no longer receive generic names (Global Post)
- China to ban names that signal ‘orphan’ status (MSNBC)
