姓 (sing3 seng3 | xing4) : surname

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姓

sing3 seng3

xing4

surname; family name; clan name | [antonym] 名

Jyutping sing3 is standard reading; colloquial reading seng3 is now rarely used.

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

姓

This word has been viewed 9413 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Aug 2013 01:45

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姓氏 sing3 si6 xing4 shi4 = surname

老百姓 lou5 baak3 sing3 lao3 bai3 xing4 = the people; the public

姓名 sing3 ming4 xing4 ming2 = full name (surname 姓, and given name 名)

同姓 tung4 sing3 = of the same surname

小姓 siu2 sing3 xiao3 xing4 = my (humble) surname is ...

貴姓 gwai3 sing3 gui4 xing4 = your name

普通老百姓 pou2 tung1 lou5 baak3 sing3 pu3 tong1 lao3 bai3 xing4 = common people; average people; hoi polloi

中文姓氏 zung1 man4 sing3 si6 zhong1 wen2 xing4 shi4 = a Chinese language surname

韓國姓氏 hon4 gwok3 sing3 si6 han2 guo2 xing4 shi4 = a Korean surname

貴姓名 gwai3 sing3 ming4 = honored name
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中國人嘅姓係放喺前面嘅。粵
Chinese put their surnames to the front.

請問你尊姓大名?
May I ask your full name?
[a very polite way to say "full name"]

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Decimal representation of this word: 姓
Unicode code for this character: U+59d3 (off-site link)

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