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=== Names === Lee's [[Cantonese people|Cantonese]] birth name was ''[[Li (surname ζ)|Lee]] Jun-fan'' ({{lang|zh|ζζ―θ©}}).<ref name="Bio-TBLS">ζ―θ©; Mandarin [[Pinyin]]: ZhΓ¨nfΓ‘n {{harvnb|Lee|1989}}</ref> The name homophonically means "return again", and was given to Lee by his mother, who felt he would return to the United States once he came of age.<ref name="TheBruceLeeStory20">{{harvnb|Lee|1989|p=20}}</ref> Because of his mother's superstitious nature, she had originally named him ''Sai-fon'' ({{lang|zh|η΄°ι³³}}), which is a feminine name meaning "small [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]]".<ref name="Bruce Lee 2002">Bruce Lee: the immortal Dragon, January 29, 2002, A&E Television Networks</ref> The English name "Bruce" is thought to have been given by the hospital's attending physician, Dr. Mary Glover.<ref name="Bio-BLTUS">{{cite book |title=Bruce Lee The Untold Story |last=Lee |first=Grace |publisher=CFW Enterprise |year=1980 |location=United States}}</ref> Lee had three other Chinese names: Lee Yuen-cham ({{lang|zh|ζζΊι«}}), a family/clan name; Lee Yuen-kam ({{lang|zh|ζε ι}}), which he used as a student name while he was attending [[La Salle College]], and his Chinese screen name Lee Siu-lung ({{lang|zh|ζε°ιΎ}}; ''Siu-lung'' means "little dragon").{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Lee's given name Jun-fan was originally written in Chinese as {{lang|zh|ιθ©}}; however, the ''Jun'' ({{lang|zh|ι}}) [[Chinese character]] was identical to part of his grandfather's name, Lee Jun-biu ({{lang|zh|ζιε½ͺ}}).{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Hence, the Chinese character for ''Jun'' in Lee's name was changed to the [[homonym]] {{lang|zh|ζ―}} instead, to avoid [[naming taboo]] in Chinese tradition.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
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