Flashcards: Chinese-language surnames

Ke is a transliteration of a common Chinese surname, written 柯 (kē in Hanyu pinyin).

Tu (Chinese: 屠; pinyin: Tú) is a Chinese family name, and the 279th family name in Hundred Family Surnames (百家姓).

Guan may refer to any of at least four Chinese family names (all rendered in Cantonese as Kwan, or also in English as Kuan).

Hua is a common transliteration for some Chinese surnames, of which the most common ones are 華/华 (pinyin: Huà) and 花 (pinyin: Huā).

Du (Chinese: 杜; pinyin: Dù; Wade–Giles: Tu) is a Chinese family name.

Quán is the Pinyin romanization of the Chinese family names 權/权 and 全.

Shan (simplified Chinese: 单; traditional Chinese: 單; pinyin: Shàn) is a Chinese surname.

Bing is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 邴 in Chinese character.

Lan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 蓝 in simplified Chinese and 藍 in traditional Chinese.

Linghu (Chinese: 令狐; pinyin: Línghú) is a Chinese compound surname.

As a surname, Thau may refer to: * Tháu, a Gan romanization of two Chinese surnames: Cao and Tao

Are (Chinese: 阿熱; pinyin: Ārè) is a historical surname from the Western Regions (Xiyu) as described in Chinese history.

Shěn is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 沈.

Lan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 兰 in simplified Chinese and 蘭 in traditional Chinese.

Bei is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 贝 in simplified Chinese and 貝 in traditional Chinese.

Deng /təŋ/ (Chinese) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin.

Mao is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including common names 毛 Máo, 茅 Māo and some rare names wikt:茆 Máo, wikt:卯 Máo, wikt:貌 Mào etc.

Dōng (simplified Chinese: 东; traditional Chinese: 東; pinyin: Dōng) is a Chinese surname.

Lóu is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 娄 in simplified character and 婁 in traditional character.

Shèn is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 慎.

Zang is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 臧 in Chinese character.

Fei (simplified Chinese: 费; traditional Chinese: 費; pinyin: Fèi) is a traditional Chinese surname.

Shēn is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 申.

劉 / 刘 (Liu, Lao, Lau, Low, Lauv, Lieh, Lieu, Liew, Loo, Lowe, Liou or Yu) is a common Chinese family name.

Lü (Mandarin pronunciation: [ly˧˩˧]) is the pinyin (Lǚ with the tone diacritic) and Wade–Giles romanisation of the Chinese surname written 吕 in simplified character and 呂 in traditional character.

Liao (Chinese: 廖) is a Chinese surname, most commonly found in Taiwan and Southern China.

Zha is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 查 in Chinese character.

Shentu (Chinese: 申屠; pinyin: Shēntú) is an uncommon Chinese surname.

Dang (鄭, 黨, 唐, 滕) is a Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Indian and German surname.

Gongsun (simplified Chinese: 公孙; traditional Chinese: 公孫; pinyin: Gōngsūn; Wade–Giles: Kung-sun) is one of the few Chinese compound surnames.

Zhai is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 翟 in Chinese character.

Lóu is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 楼 in simplified character and 樓 in traditional character.

Féng (simplified Chinese: 冯; traditional Chinese: 馮) is a Chinese surname.

Heng is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 橫 in traditional characters or 横 in simplified ones.

Xun ([ɕy̌n]) is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 荀 in Chinese character.

Xuan ([ɕy̯ɛ́n]) is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 宣 in Chinese character.

Li (Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is the second most common surname in People's Republic of China, only behind Wang.

Rong is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese family names, which including 戎 Róng, 融 Róng, 荣 Róng, 容 Róng, etc.

These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the People's Republic of China ("China"), Republic of China ("Taiwan"), and the Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by authoritative government or academic sources.

Huangfu (皇甫), alternatively pronounced Huangpu, is a Chinese compound surname.

Mi is the pinyin romanisation of various Chinese surnames, including 麋, 米, 禰, and others.

Mai is a Chinese surname.

Cheng (/tʃəŋ/) can be a transcription of one of several Chinese surnames.

Sheung is a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surnames 常 (Cháng) and 商 (Shāng).