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姓

xìng

HSK 2 Character

What 姓 means

1. family name; surname
2. to be surnamed ...

Example sentences

• 我姓周。
  My surname is Zhou.
• 我姓凌。
  My surname is Ling.
• 请问您贵姓
  Qǐngwèn nín guìxìng
  What is your name?
• 我姓山田。
  My name is Yamada.
• 你姓什么？
  What is your last name?
• 请问你贵姓？
  Qǐngwèn nǐ guìxìng?
  May I ask your name?

Words starting with 姓

• 姓氏xìng shìfamily name
• 姓蒋还是姓汪xìng Jiǎng hái shi xìng Wāngfriend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜
• 姓名xìng míngsurname and given name; full name

Words containing 姓

• 老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngordinary people; the "person in the street"
• 百姓bǎi xìngcommon people
• 贵姓guì xìngwhat is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname?
• 改姓gǎi xìngto change one's surname
• 隐姓埋名yǐn xìng mái míngto conceal one's identity; living incognito
• 单姓dān xìngsingle-character surname
• 复姓fù xìngto revert to one's original surname
• 汉姓hàn xìnga Han family name (surname); (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic…
• 种姓zhǒng xìngcaste (traditional Indian social division)
• 种姓制zhǒng xìng zhìcaste system (traditional Indian social division)
• 同名同姓tóng míng tóng xìnghaving same given name and family name
• 种姓制度zhǒng xìng zhì dùcaste system
• 娘家姓niáng jia xìngmaiden name (of married woman)
• 顶名冒姓dǐng míng mào xìngto pretend to be sb else
• 赐姓cì xìng(of an emperor) to bestow a surname
• 隐名埋姓yǐn míng mái xìngto conceal one's identity; living incognito
• 百家姓Bǎi jiā xìngThe Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames
• 平头百姓píng tóu bǎi xìngcommon people; ordinary people
• 鱼肉百姓yú ròu bǎi xìngto prey on the people
• 普通老百姓pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìngcommon people; average people; hoi polloi
• 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēngonly the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not…
• 行不更名，坐不改姓xíng bù gēng míng , zuò bù gǎi xìngI am who I am and not ashamed of it; to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions
• 行不改姓，坐不改名xíng bù gǎi xìng , zuò bù gǎi míngsee 行不更名，坐不改姓

Characters built on 生

These share the phonetic component 生 (shēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 性xìngnature; character; property
• 星xīngstar; heavenly body; satellite
• 旌jīngbanner; make manifest

Characters that look like 姓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 姐jiěolder sister
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 娃wábaby; doll
• 妓jìprostitute
• 钕nǚneodymium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read xìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 兴feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
• 性nature; character; property
• 幸trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit
• 杏apricot; (bound form) almond
• 悻angry
• 荇yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
• 臖to swell; swelling
• 莕Nymphoides peltatum
• 涬watery expanse
• 婞upright
• 嬹old variant of 兴