Chinese surname - Origin of surnames

Home Forums Blogs Articles Photos Videos Contact FAQ

Dream Sharing Forum
at Global Oneness Community.
Share your dreams and let others help you with the interpretation!
Dream Sharing Forum

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames
A Wisdom Archive on Chinese surname - Origin of surnames

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames A selection of articles related to Chinese surname - Origin of surnames

We recommend this article: Chinese surname - Origin of surnames - 1, and also this: Chinese surname - Origin of surnames - 2.

More material related to Chinese Surname can be found here:

Main Page
for
Chinese Surname

YouTube Videos
related to
Chinese Surname

Index of Articles
related to
Chinese Surname

Index of Articles
related to
Chinese surname - Origin ...

Chinese surname, Chinese surname - Differences between Xing and Shi, Chinese surname - Distribution of surnames, Chinese surname - Origin of surnames, Chinese surname - Surnames at present, Chinese surname - The sociological use of surnames, Chinese surname - Usage, Chinese clan, Chinese given name, Generation name, List of common Chinese surnames, Korean family name, Vietnamese name, Hmong Surnames

» Page 1 « Page 2 Page 3 More »

ARTICLES RELATED TO Chinese surname - Origin of surnames

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Chinese surname

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 ...

Including:

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia II - Chinese surname - Origin of surnames 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 ...

Including:

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Chinese marriage

This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Traditionally marriage in ethnic Chinese societies (婚姻, pinyin: hūn yīn) has been an arrangement between families. Originally Chinese culture allowed for romantic ...

Including:

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Chin

In the human anatomy, the chin is the lowermost part of the face. Chin may also refer to: Cleft chin, also "butt chin" in slang usage, a chin with a dimple in the center Chin-up, a strength training exercise Chin (Mayan god), a god in Mayan mythology Chin State, a state in Myanmar Japanese Chin, a dog breed Unsuk Chin, a Korean composer Chin2, a humorous Internet video featuring two Korean youths lipsynching and dancing Chinovnik, a rank given to a civil servant in Imperial Russia Chin, a variant s ...

Read more here: » Chin: Encyclopedia - Chin

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Velar nasal

The velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ŋ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is N. Velar nasal - Features. Features of the velar nasal: Its manner of articulation is stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Its place of articulation is velar which means it is articulated ...

Including:

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Chinese name

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 ...

Including:

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Luo

The Luo are a people of Kenya, they live on the shores and hinterland of Lake Victoria. They speak the Dholuo language, which belongs to the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. They are famous for, and proud of, their own egalitarian ideology. The Luo are one of the few tribes in Kenya that do not practice ritual circumcision of males as initiation. Traditionally, children had their six front teeth knocked out at initiation. This ritual is rare these days. The ancestors of the Luo were past ...

Including:

Read more here: » Luo: Encyclopedia - Luo

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Chinese in Hawaii

The Chinese in Hawaii constitute about 4.7% of the state's population, most of whom (75%) have ancestors from Zhongshan in Guangdong. This number does not include people of mixed Chinese and Hawaiian descent. If all people with Chinese ancestry in Hawaii (including the Chinese-Hawaiians) are included, they form about 1/3 of Hawaii's entire population. Being U.S citizens, they are a group of Chinese Americans. Chinese in Hawaii - Origins. Historical records indicated that the earliest of the Chinese from Gua ...

Including:

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Hoa

The Hoa (Chu Nom/Chinese character: 華, Mandarin: Yuènán huárén (越南華人), Cantonese: yuet naam wah que (越南華僑), also referred to as either Chinese Vietnamese, Vietnamese Chinese, or ethnic Chinese from Vietnam, are a Chinese minority in Vietnam. Along with ethnic Vietnamese, the Hoa are usually referred to as "Vietnamese" by the Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese. Hoa - Languages. The Hoa are descended from early Mainland Chinese settlers from the Guangdong p ...

Including:

Read more here: » Hoa: Encyclopedia - Hoa

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Chinese in Singapore

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 ...

Including:

Chinese in Singapore - Dialect Groups

Chinese in Singapore - Religion

Chinese in Singapore - History

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Nair

Nair or Nayar (Malayalam: നായ൪) is the name of an upper Hindu caste in the Southern Indian state of Kerala. Nairs are an integral part of Kerala's culture and have a long and illustrious history. Nairs are a warrior class (a martial nobility). In this regard, they are similar to the samurai of Japan. The word Nair is either derived from the Sanskrit word Nayaka (leader) or Naga (snakes, which the Nairs worshipped). The Nair class name also encompasses Menon, Panicker, ...

Including:

Read more here: » Nair: Encyclopedia - Nair

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Jianzhen

Jianzhen or Ganjin (鑒真 or 鑑真; 688–763) was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In the eleven years from 743 to 754, Jianzhen attempted to visit Japan some six times. Jianzhen was born in Jiangyin county in Guangling (present day Yangzhou, Jiangsu) with the surname of Chunyu (淳于). At the age of fourteen he entered the Buddhist church as a disciple of Daming Temple (大明寺). At twenty he travelled to Chang'an for study and returned six years later, eventually becoming abbot of Daming ...

Read more here: » Jianzhen: Encyclopedia - Jianzhen

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Wen Tianxiang

Wen Tianxiang (Wade-Giles: Wen T'ien-hsiang) (文天祥, June 6, 1236 – January 9, 1283), titled Duke of Xinguo, the last resisting Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, was captured by Kublai Khan and brought back to Beijing under house arrest, in the company of musicians and female entertainers. Kublai Khan wanted to use Wen Tianxiang as his chief minister under the Mongol Overlordship to control the Han Chinese population, but Wen r ...

Including:

Wen Tianxiang - Descendants

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Yuengling

Yuengling is a brand of beer sold by the Yuengling Brewing Company of Pottsville, Pennsylvania in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania It is the oldest brewer of beer in the United States, having been established in 1829. Besides its Pottsville facility, Yuengling also maintains additional operations in Tampa, Florida. The name Yuengling is commonly pronounced as "Yingling.", which gives the casual observer an incorrect impression of Chinese origin. Yuengling - History. The German bre ...

Including:

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Arabic name

Old Arabic names are based on a very sophisticated naming system: most Arabs do not simply have first/middle/last names, but a full chain of names. This system is in use throughout Arab world. Due to the importance of the Arabic language in Islam, a large majority of the world's Muslims use Arabic first names (ism), but it is not common outside the Arab world to employ the full naming conventions described below. Arabic name - Structure of the Arab name. Arabic name - Ism. < ...

Including:

Arabic name - Structure of the Arab name

Chinese surname - Origin of surnames: Encyclopedia - Chinese classic texts

China has a wealth of classical literature, both poetry and prose, dating from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC) and including the Chinese classics texts, or Chinese canonical texts. Some of them are attributed to Confucius but he might only be the editor of them. One of the aspects of the culture that allows its continuity is the importance given to those ancient texts, that shape the philosophies of the culture. Sì shū wǔ jīng (四書五經), the Four Books and the Five Classics, were mandated study of th ...