No, it would be as Ben mentioned, “Ze Dong Mao”. One of the ideas behind the generation name is to be able to identify siblings, and to a certain extent cousins, based on their name. For example, one of Mao Ze Dong’s siblings is called “Mao Ze Min”. The usage of generation names nowadays is not as observed as in the past. I have friends whose Chinese name are not similar to their siblings (in what is supposed to be the generational portion, that is).

Chrystal,

Well, yes and no. I think Ben is referring to the singular forms.

I’m afraid I don’t understand the hostility of being from another culture and wanting to learn/do something that is outside of that culture e.g.; learning another langauge, etc, etc

“Also, did you know that the Chinese language has separate words for older brother, younger brother, older sister and younger sister. There is no such words as brother or sister. OK, enough of this boring stuff.”

They do have words for brother and sister. Anyway, Chinese language is also different in every region including countries with Chinese descent people living there outside. Singaporean’s Chinese language is a little bit different from Taiwanese’s Chinese language or Chinese they use in China. It’s not one size fits all. But they can basically understand each other with rephrasing and more explanation.

Think of it as American English is different from British Englis, Australian English and even Canadian English. They all have different accents. There are many words they pronounce differently. Many slangs and expressions are so different, you might get a blank stare and have the need to explain yourself further if you speak American English to British people or vice versa.