Pinyin: xìng

surname; to be surnamed

Example sentence

我姓王,叫王明。

Wǒ xìng Wáng, jiào Wáng Míng.

My surname is Wang; I'm Wang Ming.

What 姓 means

(xìng) is a Chinese word meaning “surname; to be surnamed”. It belongs to the Family & People topic and appears at HSK 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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