The family name comes first in Chinese usage .
Chinese surnames are, generally, monosyllabic.
Chinese given names are, generally, composed of two morphemic meaning monosyllables. Mao Tse-tung . However, Chairman Mao's name is still written in that form only because it was established in the media long before the PRC itself was founded in 1949. Tung Chee Hwa . In Hong Kong a mixture of conventions for transliteration arose in the British period.