姓
HSK 2freq #3576
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.family name; surname
- 2.to be surnamed ...
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Wiktionary
- 1.surname; family name; clan name
- 2.to have the surname of
- 3.to belong to; to be classified as
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sleŋs): semantic 女 (“woman; female”) + phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs). Specialised form of 性 (xìng): “human nature; what is inborn” > “surname; clan name”.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
你的姓怎麼拼？
How do you spell your family name?
你的姓怎麼讀？
How do you pronounce your last name?
你的姓怎麼拼？
What's the spelling of your family name?
你的姓怎麼拼？
How do you spell your last name?
你的姓怎么读？
How do you pronounce your last name?
我没听到您的姓。
I didn't catch your last name.
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More examples & usage (AI)
Derived terms
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Related words
姓名 surname and given name; full name姓氏 family name汉姓 a Han family name (surname)复姓 two-character surname (such as 司马[Sī mǎ] or 诸葛[Zhū gě])百姓 common people国姓 Guoxing or Kuohsing Township in Nantou County 南投县[Nán tóu Xiàn], central Taiwan贵姓 what is your surname?种姓 caste (traditional Indian social division)赐姓 (of an emperor) to bestow a surname单姓 single-character surname复姓 to revert to one's original surname老百姓 ordinary people