Assigning Chinese names is no easy task. Because Chinese has no alphabet, each syllable must be approximated with a character.

The transition into Chinese, in which every character is pronounced as one syllable, tends to make otherwise short names seem long, and can make already long ones seem interminable.

This thesis mainly studies the meaning and teaching of disyllabic nouns included in Rank outline of Chinese vocabulary and Chinese character and Chinese teaching material for foreigners.