A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: 姓; Hanyu Pinyin: xìng or clan name 氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among ethnic Chinese in overseas Chinese communities. The colloquial expression "the hundred surnames" (百姓 bǎi xìng) is use ...

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Surnames are not evenly distributed throughout China's geography. In northern China, Wang (王) is the most popular surname, being shared by 9.9% of the population. Next are Li (李), Zhang (张) and Liu (刘). In the south, Chen (陈) is the most popular, being shared by 10.6% of the population. Next are Li, Huang (黄), Lin (林) and Zhang (张). Around the major crossing points of the Yangtze River, the most popular surname is Li, taking up 7.7%, followed by Wang, Zhang, Chen and Liu. A 1987 study showed over 450 family names in common use in Beij ...

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Wang (王 in pinyin: Wáng; in Jyutping: Wong4) is one of the most common Chinese family names. In a 2002 study, Wang was ranked second most common in mainland China, accounting for 7.4% of the population. It literally means “king” (see Chinese noble#Wang), although bearing the name has no royal implications. The “-ang” sound in pinyin is supposed to be pronounced as in German, but the name is frequently mispronounced by American English speakers as IPA [wæŋ], rather than [waŋ], its correct pronunciation. The name is also f ...

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Prior to the Warring States Period (5th century BCE), only the royal family and the aristocratic elite could generally take surnames. Historically there was also difference between xing and shi. Xing were surnames held by the immediate royal family. They generally are composed of a nü (女, meaning "female") radical which suggests that they originated from matriarchal societies based on maternal lineages. Prior to the Qin Dynasty (3rd century BCE) China was largely a feudal society. As fiefdoms were divided and s ...

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Zhang (Traditional Chinese: 張, Simplified Chinese: 张, pinyin: Zhāng, Wade-Giles: Chang, Yale: Jeung, Jyutping: Zoeng1, Hong Kong Government: Cheung) is among the most common Chinese surnames. There are currently well over 100 million people worldwide with this surname. The use of this surname dates back to about 4,700 years ago. This surname is often mispronounced by American English speakers as IPA [ʒæŋ]; its actual pronunciatio ...

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Chinese given names (Chinese: 名字; pinyin: míngzì) are made up of one or two characters. Unlike Western personal names, there is great variety in assigning Chinese given names. Chinese names can consist of any character and contain almost any meaning. Unlike the Western convention, it is extremely frowned upon to name a person after someone else, and cases where people have the same name are almost universally the result of coincidence rather than intention. The common Western practice of naming the children after their parents, ancestors, or ...

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Wu is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 (Traditional Chinese), 吴 (Simplified Chinese). Several other, less common Chinese surnames are also translated into English as "Wu": 武, 伍, 仵, 烏, and 鄔 Wu (or Woo) is also the Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname 胡 (see Hu), 烏 and 鄔. The name is also one of the most common surnames in Korea. It is spelled 오 in Hangul and romanized O by the three major romanization systems, ...

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Yin (Chinese: 殷; Hanyu Pinyin: yin) is a rare Chinese surname dating to the fall of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty in 1046 BC. After the Yin's collapse, the surviving Yin ruling family collectively changed their surname from their royal surname 子 (pinyin: zi; Wade-Giles: tzu) to the name of their fallen dynasty, Yin 殷. The family remained aristocratic and often provided needed administrative services to the succeeding Zhou Dynasty. The last ...

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The Chinese in Singapore are people of Chinese descent who are born in or immigrated to Singapore and has attained citizenship or permanent residence status. As of 2000 the Chinese constitute 76.8% of Singapore's population, or more than three million Chinese out of four million odd Singaporeans. Chinese in Singapore today commonly recognise themselves as Singaporeans rather than Chinese. Many Chinese too have married Peranakans (Chinese who have married ethnic Malays and have adopted a mix of Chinese and Malay culture) and inc ...

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Hsiao is a Chinese surname. It is the Wade-Giles spelling of the Chinese character 蕭, which in pinyin is rendered as Xiao. Famous people named Hsiao include: Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwanese legislator Hsiao is also the Wade-Giles spelling of the Chinese character, 孝, for filial piety. Hsiao is also the Wade-Giles spelling of a Chinese end-blown vertical bamboo flute, the xiao. ...

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Hua is: the self designation (endonymic ethnicon) used by the Hephthalites the name of a country in China prior to being destroyed by the Chin Emperor Huaguo. a Chinese surname. an acryonym used in the Air Force meaning Heard Understood Acknowledged. See also: Uar Other related archivesChinese surname, Hephthalites, Huaguo, Uar

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Yin may refer to: Yin Dynasty, another name for the first historic Chinese nation and dynasty, the Shang. Yin (city), the capital of the latter half of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty. Yin (surname), a Chinese surname Yin is YIN Chengzong, a premier Chinese pianist and composer who arranged the Yellow River Concerto Yin is one of two opposing forces in Chinese philosophy; see yin and yang Other related

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Yang is the transliteration of Chinese family name 楊/杨, also spelt as Yeung, which means poplar literally. It can also be the transliteration of a very rare Chinese family name 羊, which is the chinese character for Goat or Sheep. Yang surname - Other variations. Yeo Yeung Yong Young Yeong Yeoh Yang surname - Prominent people with family name 楊/杨. Yang Zhen, Minister of War in c ...

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Chén (Simplified Chinese: 陈, Traditional Chinese: 陳) is one of the four most common Chinese family names, and the most common family name in Taiwan (its exact position varies depending on the set of statistics used). It is occasionally romanized Chern in Singapore Mandarin Chinese (where "r" indicates the second tone in the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization system). It is usually romanized as Chan in Cantonese, sometimes as Chun, Chin or Zen. Some other Romanization ...

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Chinese personal names follow a number of conventions different from those of Western personal names. Most noticeably, a Chinese name is written with the surname first and the given name second. For instance, the basketball player Yao Ming is Mr. Yao, not Mr. Ming. Note however, some Chinese people who emigrate to or do business with Western countries sometimes adopt a Westernized name, usually with a Western first name together with their surname, which is then written in the usual Western order with the surname last. Other Chinese people sometimes take a combined name, consisting of Western first na ...

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Zhou refers to Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC) or Zhou state Zhou Dynasty (690 AD - 705 AD) Zhou (political division) — Zhou is the name of a political/administrative division of China. It is also the Chinese translation of the subnational entity state Zhou - Surnames. Zhou is the transliteration of a common Chinese family name 周. It may also be spelled Chau, Chou, Jhou, Joe or Chow. Zhou can also stand for the rare ...

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Ye has several uses: Ye, China, a city in ancient China Ye (surname) (叶), a Chinese surname Ye, the Early Modern English nominative of you Ye, often used in early typescript in place of the; William Caxton decided on the letter Y to replace the old English letter thorn, which was occasionly used in place of the two-letter combination TH in script but unavailable to printers Ye (Cyrillic) (Е), a letter in Cyrillic alphabet Ukrainian Ye (Є), a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet used in the Hungarian language Ye (city), a small town locate

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A Chinese clan (会馆, pinyin: Huìgǔan) is a patrilineal and patrilocal group of related Chinese people with a common surname and sharing a common ancestor and, in many cases, an ancestral village (see clan). Clan loyalties tend to be very strong in the south of China, and to a large extent are reinforced by ties to the ancestral village, common property, and often a common spoken Chinese dialect which can be unintelligible to people outside the village. Clan structures tend to be weaker in the north of China, clan members do not usually resid ...

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Gu can refer to: The United States territory of Guam. gu, the ISO 639-1 code for the Gujarati language GU, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for the island of Guam Gu the Dahomey god of war. Gu a prominent Chinese family during the Jin dynasty. Gu a rare surname of the Han Chinese race. Georgetown University in the United States. Griffith University in Australia. Project GU, a new online game by CC Corp. The popular gaming forum The Gaming Universe. Gu (

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