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HSK 5
姓
xìng
1.
family name
2.
surname
3.
CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
4.
to be surnamed
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
国姓
Guóxìng
Guoxing or Kuohsing township in Nantou county [[南投縣|南投县<Nántóuxiàn>]], central Taiwan
姓名
xìngmíng
name and surname
姓氏
xìngshì
family name
汉姓
Hànxìng
Han surname
百姓
bǎixìng
common people
种姓
zhǒngxìng
caste (traditional Indian social division)
复姓
fùxìng
two-character surname such as [[司馬|司马]] or [[諸葛|诸葛]]
贵姓
guìxìng
what is your name?
赐姓
cìxìng
to bestow a surname (of emperor conferring favor on ethnic group)
国姓乡
Guóxìngxiāng
Guoxing or Kuohsing township in Nantou county [[南投縣|南投县<Nántóuxiàn>]], central Taiwan
娘家姓
niángjiaxìng
maiden name (of married woman)
百家姓
Bǎijiāxìng
The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames
种姓制
zhǒngxìngzhì
caste system (traditional Indian social division)
老百姓
lǎobǎixìng
ordinary people
同名同姓
tóngmíngtóngxìng
having same given name and family name
平头百姓
píngtóubǎixìng
common people
种姓制度
zhǒngxìngzhìdù
caste system
隐名埋姓
yǐnmíngmáixìng
to conceal one's identity
隐姓埋名
yǐnxìngmáimíng
to conceal one's identity
顶名冒姓
dǐngmíngmàoxìng
to pretend to be sb else
Example Sentences (4)
我知道她的名字，她姓杨，叫杨笑笑，她姐姐是我同学。
wǒ zhīdào tā de míngzi, tā xìng Yáng, jiào Yáng Xiàoxiào, tā jiějie shì wǒ tóngxué.
I know her name. Her last name is Yang, and she is called Yang Xiaoxiao. Her older sister is my classmate.
Text 2
是去年来的，她姓王，二十八岁。
shì qùnián lái de, tā xìng wáng, èr shí bā suì.
She came last year, her surname is Wang, twenty-eight years old.
Text 4
而且还会觉得有点奇怪有些国家的人名写在姓前面，
érqiě hái huì juéde yǒudiǎn qíguài yǒuxiē guójiā de rénmíng xiě zài xìng qiánmiàn,
and also find it a bit strange that in some countries people's names are written before the surname,
Text 4
有些国家的人名写在姓后面，但是只要经过一段时间，就会慢慢地习惯。
yǒu xiē guó jiā de rén míng xiě zài xìng hòu miàn, dàn shì zhǐ yào jīng guò yí duàn shí jiān, jiù huì màn màn de xí guàn.
in some countries, people's names are written after the surname, but after some time, you will gradually get used to it.
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,148
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,619 of 84,292