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Originally Posted by nekokami
Yes, I agree, that's the closest equivalent to "-chan."
In Mandarin Chinese, you form this kind of diminutive by doubling the syllable. (Many Chinese words only have one syllable, but I think you double the second syllable if there are two.) So, for example, my younger daughter's Chinese name is Yang, and Yangyang would be the diminutive.
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I remember hearing about that when they were discussing (on TV) about how they go about naming the pandas.