"courtesy name" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: courtesy names [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} courtesy name (plural courtesy names)
  1. From Chinese culture, a given name to be used later in life in place of one's given name, as a symbol of adulthood and respect. Wikipedia link: courtesy name Synonyms: style name Translations (given named to be used in later life in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood): (zì) (Chinese Mandarin), 表字 (biǎozì) (Chinese Mandarin), kohteliaisuusnimi (Finnish), (felnőttkori) felvett név (Hungarian), (azana) (alt: あざな) (Japanese), (ja) (Korean), tên chữ (Vietnamese), tên tự (Vietnamese), tự (Vietnamese), biệt hiệu (Vietnamese), biểu tự (Vietnamese), chữ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-courtesy_name-en-noun-Re9ZB6D1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "given named to be used in later life in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood",
      "word": "字"
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      "word": "表字"
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      "word": "字"
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