A nickname is a name your friends or family give you that is not the name on your papers. It often comes from how you look, what you love, or something you once did — Red for red hair, Tiny for the tall kid, because people like a joke. Some nicknames are loving; some are teasing. Grown-ups keep them too.

A nickname綽號 is a name就是一個名字, your friends or family give you是你的朋友或家人給你取的, that is not the name on your papers而不是你證件上的名字。 It它 often comes from how you look, what you love, or something you once did通常是根據你的長相、你喜歡的東西，或你以前做過的事來的 — Red for red hair像紅髮的人叫 Red, Tiny for the tall kid或高個子的孩子叫 Tiny, because people like a joke因為大家喜歡開玩笑。 Some nicknames有些綽號 are loving是親暱的; some有些 are teasing是帶點取笑的。 Grown-ups大人 keep them too也一樣會有綽號。

It is not the same as a fake name you use to hide, and it is not automatically your online name, unless people really call you that in life. You can also use it as a verb: they nicknamed him.

It它 is not the same as a fake name you use to hide跟你用來躲藏的假名不一樣, and it它 is not automatically your online name也不是自動等於你的網路名字, unless people really call you that in life除非現實生活中大家真的這樣叫你。 You你 can also use it as a verb也可以把它當動詞用: they nicknamed him像 they nicknamed him（他們給他取了個綽號）。

The history is a bit funny. Hundreds of years ago English speakers said an eke-name, meaning an extra name (eke meant also or in addition). People heard an eke as a neke, and the n stuck to the word. That is why we now say nickname.

The history這個字的來歷 is a bit funny有點好笑。 Hundreds of years ago幾百年前, English speakers said an eke-name英文使用者會說 an eke-name, meaning an extra name意思是額外的名字 (eke meant also or in additioneke 的意思是「也」或「另外」)。 People大家 heard an eke as a neke把 an eke 聽成了 a neke, and the n stuck to the word於是這個 n 就黏在字上了。 That那 is why we now say nickname就是為什麼我們現在說 nickname。