bǎi​jiā​xìng

The Hundred Family Names

  • created sense approved 百家姓 · bǎi​jiā​xìng · The Hundred Family Names — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    百家姓

    bǎi​jiā​xìng

    The Hundred Family Names

    The Book of Family Names; an anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing several hundred common Chinese surnames in four-character rhyming verses.

    百 (literal) → 百 · bǎi · hundred 家 (literal) → 家 · jiā · home 姓 (literal) → 姓 · xìng · family name, be surnamed

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