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Ye (traditional Chinese: 葉; simplified Chinese: 叶; pinyin: Yè) is a Chinese-language surname. It is listed 257th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames, [1] and is the 43rd most common surname in China, with a population of 5.8 million as of 2008 and 2019. [2] [3]
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]
Lisa Yee, Chinese American writer; Mark Yee (born 1982), Filipino basketball player; Mary Yee (née Ygnacio, 1897–1965), the last first-language speaker of the Barbareño language; Nick Yee, American researcher of social interaction in virtual environments; Paul Yee (born 1956), Chinese-Canadian historian and writer; Richard Yee, Filipino ...
Yap (surname), Hakka and Minnan romanization of the common Asian surname Ye; Yap Ah Loy (1837–1885), founder of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Yap Kwan Seng (1846–1902), the last Chinese kapitan of Kuala Lumpur; Yap Thiam Hien (1913–1989), Indonesian human rights advocate; Pedro Yap (1918–2003), Chief Justice of the Philippines
The most common Chinese surnames were compiled in the Song dynasty work Hundred Family Surnames, which lists over 400 names. The colloquial expressions lǎobǎixìng (老百姓; lit. "old hundred surnames") and bǎixìng (wikt:百姓, lit. "hundred surnames") are used in Chinese to mean "ordinary folks", "the people", or "commoners".
Surnames of Chinese language origin. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. ... Long (Chinese surname) Looi; Lou (surname ...
Chinese surnames are combined with Indonesian-sounding names through minor modifications of their Chinese surnames. This process often involves adopting a phonetic spelling. [11] Similar to incorporating Indonesian-sounding names directly to their Chinese surnames, epentheses are employed. [9] This is the most common method employed. [1]
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.