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姓氏
xìng​shì HSK7

surname

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姓氏 xìng​shì surname

family name; surname. In ancient times, the first character represented the maternal line and the second represented the paternal line, but today the two are used together to mean a person's family name.

References

synonym 姓氏/姓氏 → 姓/姓
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