For example, a Chinese name "", or "li shi min" as we phoneticize it here. Of this name, the first character is family name and the following pair is name.

What's the standard spelling in English for it?
LI Shimin, Li Shi Min, Li Shi-min, or Li Shimin?
I once(perhaps when watching the list of Athens Olympian names on TV) noted the first spelling way and began to use it since then. I think by using LI Shimin, the reader wouldn't be confused by the problem such as which is the surname while which is the first name for the surname is all capitalized. Is it right?



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