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Si (surname 姒)
Si () was a Chinese surname during the Xia Dynasty. According to Records of the Grand Historian, the surname of the Xia Dynasty ruler was Si (姒). In general, the Chinese hold Xia founder Yu the Great (禹) to be a descendant of Emperor Yao (堯). It is one of the traditional description was what were known as the " Eight Great ''Xing''s of High Antiquity" (), along with Jiāng (), Jī (), Yáo (), Yíng (), Yún (), Guī () and Rèn (), though some sources quote Jí () as the last one instead of Rèn. Of these ''xing'', only Jiang and Yao have survived in their original form to modern days as frequently occurring surnames. The Song dynasty-era ''Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...'' poem does not have Si. Although it exists in the modern ...
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Old Chinese
Old Chinese, also called Archaic Chinese in older works, is the oldest attested stage of Chinese, and the ancestor of all modern varieties of Chinese. The earliest examples of Chinese are divinatory inscriptions on oracle bones from around 1250 BC, in the late Shang dynasty. Bronze inscriptions became plentiful during the following Zhou dynasty. The latter part of the Zhou period saw a flowering of literature, including classical works such as the '' Analects'', the '' Mencius'', and the '' Zuo zhuan''. These works served as models for Literary Chinese (or Classical Chinese), which remained the written standard until the early twentieth century, thus preserving the vocabulary and grammar of late Old Chinese. Old Chinese was written with several early forms of Chinese characters, including Oracle Bone, Bronze, and Seal scripts. Throughout the Old Chinese period, there was a close correspondence between a character and a monosyllabic and monomorphemic word. Although the s ...
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Yu (Chinese Surname)
Yu is the pinyin romanisation of several Chinese family names. However, in the Wade–Giles romanisation system, Yu is equivalent to You (surname), You in pinyin. "Yu" may represent many different Chinese characters, including #Surname Yu (余), 余, Yu Surname (于), 于, 由, #Prominent people with family name 魚, 魚 (鱼), 漁(渔), 楀, 俞(兪), 喻 (this character is 35th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem), 於, 遇, 虞, 郁, 尉, 禹, 游, 尤, 庾, 娛(娱), and Ru (surname), 茹 (Rú). The most common of the Yu surnames are 于, 余, and 俞. In China, 0.62% of the population have the family name 于 in 2002 (about 7.4 million), and this surname is most common in Shandong province and northeastern China. Around 0.41% of the population have the surname 余 in 2002 (over five million), and it is most common in Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. The 俞 surname represents around 0.12% of China's population. Surname Yu (于) Surname Yu (余) Surname Yu ( ...
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Guan (surname)
Guan may refer to any of at least four Chinese family names (all rendered in Cantonese as Kwan, or also in English as Kuan). The four names are as follows: Guān (關) The most famous of all the Guan surnames due to its association with the war deity Guan Yu, the Guan (關) family name came from Dongfu (董父) the descendant of ruler Shuan (叔安) in Chifeng in old Rehe Province. * Guwalgiya (瓜尔佳) family the Jurchen people of Jin dynasty Guān (官) Guan ( 官) is a Chinese family name, Guan, Kuan, Quan, Kwan in common, origin from; * During the Zhou Dynasty, Guan (官) family found from name of Guan Country of Jin (state) (晉) * The Guan People (官) are an old Ancient Chinese Minority, the surname Guan came from the tribe name * In the Chu state, shortened from the compound surname 上官 (Shangguan) * Another Guan (關) family adopted the surname Guan (官) with the same dialect * During the Jin dynasty (金), Mulao (仫佬) people took the surname ...
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Chen (surname)
Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and Hong Kong. It is the most common surname in Xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo. Chen was listed 10th in the '' Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 (Feng Chen Chu Wei). In Cantonese, it is usually romanized as Chan (as in Jackie Chan), most widely used by those from Hong Kong. Chan is also widely used in Macao and Malaysia. It is also sometimes spelled Chun. In many Southern Min dialects (including dialects of Hainan, Fujian, and Taiwan), the name is pronounced Tan, while in Teochew, it is pronounced Tang. In Hakka and Taishanese, the name is spelled Chin. In Wu it is pronounced Zen or Tchen. In Vietnam, this surname is written as Trần (in Quốc Ngữ) and is 2nd most common. In Thailand, ...
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Pan (surname)
Pān is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the East Asian surname . It is listed 43rd in the Song dynasty classic text '' Hundred Family Surnames''. It is romanized as P'an in Wade–Giles; Poon, Phoon, Pon, or Pun in Cantonese; Phua in Hokkien and Teochew. In 2019 it was the 36th most common surname in Mainland China. 潘 is also a common surname in Vietnam and Korea. It is romanized Phan in Vietnamese (not to be confused with Phạm) and Ban or Pan in Korean. Distribution Pan 潘 is the 37th most common surname in mainland China and the 31st most common surname in Taiwan. None of the romanizations of Pan 潘 appeared among the 1000 most common surnames during the 2000 US census.United States Census Bureau.Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000". 27 Sept 2011. Accessed 29 Mar 2012. Origins As with many Chinese surnames, the origins of the Pan are various and sometimes legendary. One origin was a clan name taken from a fief north of Shaanx ...
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Tao (surname)
Tao is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (''Táo''). It listed 31st in the Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. Tào is also a Vietnamese surname derived from the Chinese surname Cao (Chữ Nôm: ). Origin Various Chinese Tao family from; * Qi (surname) (祁) *Public Officer of Zhou Dynasty *Miao people *Tujia people, Blang people, Yao people, Yi people, Dai people of Minority Group * Mongolian *Tuoheluo, Tuqin, Tuokuer family of Liaoning *Xibe people Romanization Tao was romanized T'ao under the Wade-Giles system, although it was common to omit the apostrophe. It is romanized To, Tou and Tow in Cantonese; Tô in Minnan; Tau, Tow in Teochew; and Tháu in Gan. The Vietnamese surname formerly written as in Chữ Nôm is now written Đào; the Korean surname formerly written as in Hanja is now written and romanized Do; the same surname in Kanji is romanized Tō in Japanese. Distribution Tao was the 82nd-most-common surname in mainland China, b ...
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Táng (surname)
Tang (; Chinese: 唐, mandarin Pinyin: ''Táng''; Japanese: 唐/とう/から; Korean: 당/唐; Cantonese : Tong; old Chinese read Dang), is a Chinese surname. The three languages also have the surname with the same character but different pronunciation/romanization. In Korean, it is usually romanized also as Dang. In Japanese, the surname is often romanized as To. In Vietnamese, it is commonly written as Đường (the anglicized variation is Duong, not be confused with Vietnamese surname Dương which is also anglicized as Duong). It is pronounced dhɑngKarlgren, ''Grammata serica recensa'', 1996. in Middle Chinese, and lhāŋ in Old Chinese. It is the 64th name on the '' Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . The surname 唐 is also romanized as Tong when transliterated from Cantonese, and this spelling is common in Hong Kong and Macau. In Chinese, 湯 (Piny ...
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Jie Of Xia
King Jie (; traditionally 1728–1675 BC) was the 17th and last ruler of the Xia dynasty of China. He is traditionally regarded as a tyrant and oppressor who brought about the collapse of a dynasty.劉煒/著. 002(2002) Chinese civilization in a new light 中華文明傳真#1 原始社會:東方的曙光. Publishing Company. . pg 150. Around 1600 BC, Jie was defeated by Tang of Shang, bringing an end to the Xia Dynasty that lasted about 500 years, and a rise to the new Shang Dynasty.王恆偉. (2005) (2006) 中國歷史講堂 #1 遠古至春秋. 中華書局. . p 26. Etymology ''Jié'' ( variant: ) (< : ) ( ZS) means "outstanding" and later "hero"; insides Chinese, it is cognate ...
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Tong (surname)
Tong is a Chinese surname. Tong as transcribed in English however represents of a number of different Chinese surnames. There were 8,589 Tongs in the United States during the year 2000 census, making it the 3,075th surname overall and the 121st surname among Asian and Pacific Islanders.US Census Bureau. 2000 US Census. Op. cit. Butler, Rhett.Most Common Last Names for Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. 2008. Retrieved 16 Apr 2012. Tong was also listed among the 200-most-common Chinese surnames in a 2010 survey of the Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients in the province of Ontario. Tong may be the romanisation of the very common surname Zhang (張), as well as others such as Deng (鄧), Zhuang (莊), Teng (滕), and a number of Tongs (童, 同 and 佟). Origin of some common Tongs (張, 莊, 滕, 鄧) Tong is a Gan romanization of the Chinese surnames Zhang ( trad. , simp. ) and Zhuang ( trad. , simp. ). Tong is also the Cantonese rom ...
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Nan (surname)
{{see also, Nan (other), Nam (other), Nangong, Namgung Nan (南), Nangong (南宮), Nanguo (南郭) is a Chinese surname. Nan 南 *Henan (河南) Based Nan (南) family Founded with Patronymic Nan (南) *during the Xia Dynasty, Si (姒) family get surname (南) *during the Zhou Dynasty, Ji (姬) family get surname (南) *two-syllable surname Nangong (南宮), Nanguo (南郭) reduce surname to Nan (南) *during the Han Dynasty, other Nan (南) family founded in Zhejiang * There is a large population of Nan families in Guayaquil, Ecuador. This Nan family migrated from China to Ecuador in the early 1940s. Nangong 南宮 Nangong (南宮) is a two-syllable family name from the city name " Nangong" (南宮), later reduce a surname to Nan (南). Nanguo 南郭 *Nanguo (南郭) is a two-syllable family name from old city name " Nanguo" (南郭), later reduce a surname to Nan (南). during the Zhou Dynasty, Guo Shu (虢叔) lived in Nanguo (南郭). *Nanguo River ( ...
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Bian (surname)
Bian is the romanization of several Chinese surnames, including Biàn 卞, Biān 边, Biǎn 扁, Biàn 弁, Biàn 汴, etc. Biān 边 is the most common of these names, while Biàn 卞 is the second-most common. Notable people named Bian 卞 Biàn It is the 86th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . As of 2018, it is the 269th most common surname in China. * Bian He, discoverer of the Heshibi *Empress Dowager Bian to Cao Cao * Empress Bian to Cao Mao * Empress Bian to Cao Huan * Bian Zhilin, poet in 20th century * Bian Zhongyun, deputy principal beaten to death with wooden sticks by a group of students during Beijing's Red August at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution *Bian Yingui, physicist specializing in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics *:zh:卞孝萱, Bian Xiaoxuan, historian in Chinese literature *Bian Liunian, Chinese musician, composer, and mus ...
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Deng (Chinese Surname)
Deng is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin which has many variant spellings and transliterations. It is a transcription of 邓 (simplified Chinese character) or 鄧 (traditional). In 2019 Deng was 21st most common surname in Mainland China. Variant spellings It is transliterated as ''Dèng'' in pinyin and Teng, or Then, in Wade-Giles. In Cantonese, it is ''Dahng'' in Yale and ''Dang6'' in Jyutping. In Minnan or Taiwanese, it is ''Tēng'' in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The surname originating from the same Chinese character or more specifically, Han character in Vietnamese is ''Đặng'' and it is one of the top ten surnames in Vietnam. The name is transliterated as ''Deung'' in Korean but is very rare in Korea. Deng is one of the surnames of the Nanyang, Henan ancestral hall (). In addition to spelling "Deng" used in mainland China, other common Chinese spelling variations include: * Tang - Romanization based on Cantonese spelling common in Hong Kong and Macao * Teng - Romanizati ...
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