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姓氏

xìng shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

姓氏 (xìng shì) means "family name". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 姓氏 means

1. family name

The characters in 姓氏

• 姓xìngfamily name; surname; to be surnamed ...
• 氏shì(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏; (bound form) maiden name; née…

Example sentences

• 你的姓氏怎么写？
  Nǐ de xìngshì zěnme xiě?
  How is your last name written?
• 你的姓氏怎幺写？
  How is your surname written?

Sounds the same

Read xìng shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 幸事sth fortunate; a lucky chance
• 性事sex

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xìng shì correctly.
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