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The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]
Chinese surnames have a history of over 3,000 years. Chinese mythology, however, reaches back further to the legendary figure Fuxi (with the surname Feng), who was said to have established the system of Chinese surnames to distinguish different families and prevent marriage of people with the same family names. [8]
Hundred Family Surnames poem written in Chinese characters and Phagspa script, from Shilin Guangji written by Chen Yuanjing in the Yuan dynasty. The Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, [1] also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, [2] is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames.
from Chinese 洪 "Hong" meaning water or flood listed 184th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames ហ៊ុន: hun: Hun: money investment, share (of stocks). Thai or Chinese etymology. [4] Possibly related to 份 ("Hun" in Hokkien) meaning "share, portion." ហូ: hou: Ho/Hu: 胡 (Chinese "Hu") ឡាយ Lay 來/来 (Chinese "Lai ...
Lists of East Asian surnames include common Chinese, Japanese, and Korean surnames, or family names. List of common Chinese surnames; List of common Japanese surnames;
Pages in category "Chinese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 348 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Chinese surname article that correspond to a single surname. Pages in category "Individual Chinese surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
The surnames were derived from the Chinese meaning of their original clan name, Chinese transliteration of the clan's name, the possessed territories, generation and personal names of the clansmen and also inspired by the surnames taken by related clans and branches. Only a few clans have origins dating back to the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty. The ...