姓氏
xìng​shì HSK7

surname

  • created reference approved 姓氏 → 姓 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    姓氏 xìng​shì

    姓 xìng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 姓氏 · xìng​shì · surname — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    姓 (literal) → 姓 · xìng · family name, be surnamed 氏 (literal) → 氏 · shì · clan

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense