1. Not a norm, you can give him/her your preferred choice of Chinese name and inform the MT teacher to call them by that name during mandarin classes. (I once had a classmate who is mixed and did this as well. No issues.)
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3. No, i have a Chinese name but I didn’t include HYPY in it. (Optional to add in Chinese characters)
4. No, unless your child wants to add in his/her Chinese name in the future.
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