and Zhou. Two distinct types of Chinese surnames existed in ancient China, namely xing (Chinese: 姓; pinyin: xìng) ancestral clan names and shi (Chinese:...
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Xing (Chinese: 邢) is a Chinese surname. There are two hypothesized sources for the extant catalogue of surnames: 1. According to the Yuanhe Xing Zuan,...
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Chinese surname (姓, xing) Xing (surname) (邢), a Chinese surname Xing (state), a state of ancient China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 BCE) Xing County...
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The Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, is a classic Chinese text...
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Ying (redirect from Ying (surname))
royal families such as the Zhaos Yīng (应), a Chinese surname from the Zhou dynasty Xing (surname) (邢), also spelled Ying based on its Cantonese pronunciation...
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Chinese: 妫; pinyin: Guī; Wade–Giles: Kuei1) is an ancient Chinese surname. It was the xing surname of the rulers of the State of Chen and of Tian Qi. The Gui...
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Lǎo Bǎi Xìng; lit. 'Old Hundred Surnames') is an ancient and traditional one, the most notable tally being the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese:...
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is one of the oldest Chinese surnames, being one of the original xing (姓) surnames. It was one of the "Eight Great Xings of High Antiquity" (上古八大姓), along...
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romanization of the Chinese surname written 邢 (Xíng in Hanyu Pinyin) pinyin romanization of the less-common Chinese surname written 橫 in traditional characters or...
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Kwong3) is a Chinese surname that originated from central China. Although Kuang is not amongst the 100 most common Chinese surnames, it is common amongst...
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