姓 xìng

1. xìng noun family name; surname
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 姓 is synonymous with 姓氏 in this sense (Guoyu '姓' n 2; Han Dian '姓' n 1; Kroll 2015 '姓' 1; NCCED '姓' 1; Unihan '姓')
2. xìng verb to have the surname
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 姓 is synonymous with 命名 or 称呼 in this sense (Han Dian '姓' v 1; NCCED '姓' 2)
3. xìng noun life
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 姓 is synonymous with 命 or 性命 in this sense (Han Dian '姓' n 4)
4. xìng noun a government official
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 姓 is synonymous with 官吏 in this sense (Han Dian '姓' n 5)
5. xìng noun common people
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 姓 is synonymous with 平民 or 老百姓 in this sense (Han Dian '姓' n 6)
6. xìng noun descendents
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 姓 is synonymous with 子孙 in this sense (Han Dian '姓' n 7; Kroll 2015 '姓' 2)
7. xìng noun a household; a clan
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 姓 is synonymous with 家族 or 姓族 in this sense (Han Dian '姓' n 3; NCCED '姓' 1; Unihan '姓')

Contained in

• 同姓 same surname
• 迁百姓(遷百姓) deport people
• 不详其姓字(不詳其姓字) do not know his name
• 鱼肉百姓(魚肉百姓) to prey on the people
• 赐姓(賜姓) to bestow a surname
• 普通老百姓 common people; average people; hoi polloi
• 娘家姓 maiden name (of married woman)
• 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯(只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈) only the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not
• 隐姓埋名(隱姓埋名) to conceal one's identity; living incognito
• 汉姓(漢姓) Han surname
• 表列种姓表列部落(表列種姓表列部落) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
• 复姓(複姓) compound surname
• 大姓 an aristocratic family or clan; a large and influential family ; a family name; a common family name
• 俗家姓名 a secular name
• 异姓(異姓) people with different surnames
• 姓名全称(姓名全稱) full name
• 同名同姓 having same given name and family name
• 平章百姓 distinguish and honor the many clans
• 营百姓(營百姓) rule the common people
• 百姓 common people ; all the family names; the family names of all the imperial officials
• 姓名 name and surname
• 贵姓(貴姓) what is your surname?
• 姓氏 family name
• 行不更名，坐不改姓 I am who I am (and I'm not ashamed) / to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions
• 隐名埋姓(隱名埋姓) to conceal one's identity; living incognito
• 姓族 a clan
• 平头百姓(平頭百姓) common people
• 种姓制(種姓制) caste system (traditional Indian social division)
• 尊姓大名 [what is your] respected surname and given name?
• 表列种姓(表列種姓) Scheduled Castes
• 姓名印 personal name seal
• 老百姓 ordinary people
• 外文姓名 foreign name
• 种姓制度(種姓制度) caste system
• 顶名冒姓(頂名冒姓) to pretend to be somebody else

Also contained in

国姓爷 、 国姓乡 、 国姓 、 百家姓 、 五姓

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• 卷26　志第21 百官上 Volume 26 Treatises 21: Government Offices 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 66
• 卷113 官氏志九 Volume 113 Treatise 9: Official Ranks Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 58
• 卷一百九十九　　列傳第一百二十四 儒學中 Volume 199 Biographies 124: Confucian Scholars 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 49
• 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 31
• 周語中 Discourses of Zhou II Guoyu 國語 — count: 30
• 卷七十五下　　　表第十五下　宰相世系五下 Volume 75b Tables 22: Chancellors Genealogy 5b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 26
• 卷二百一十五下 列傳第一百四十下 突厥下 Volume 215b Biographies 140b: Tujie 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 24
• 卷五十九　　　　志第四十九　　藝文三 Volume 59 Treatises 55: The Arts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 22
• 卷九十七 列傳第四十七: 劉幽求 鐘紹京 郭元振 張說 Volume 97 Biographies 47: Liu Youqiu, Zhong Shaojing, Guo Yuanzhen, Zhang Shuo Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 20
• 卷一百零七　　　列傳第三十二 傅弈　呂才子:方毅　陳子昂附:王無競　趙元 Volume 107 Biographies 32: Fu Yi, Lu Cai and son: Fang Yi, Chenzi Angfu: Wang Wujing, Zhao Yuan New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 19

Collocations

• 子姓 (子姓) 子姓之冠也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 15
• 姬姓 (姬姓) 吾聞姬姓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 15
• 万姓 (萬姓) 萬姓仇予 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 五子之歌 Xia Shu - Songs of the Five Sons — count: 9
• 姜姓 (姜姓) 姜姓其後也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 7
• 易姓 (易姓) 易姓更王 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷一 楚莊王第一 玉杯第二　Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 姓姬 (姓姬) 祖錫姓姬氏 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷七 考功名第二十一 通國身第二十二 三代改制質文第二十三 官制象天第二十四 堯舜不擅移湯武不專殺第二十五 服制第二十六　Scroll 7 — count: 6
• 氏姓 (氏姓) 實列受氏姓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 嬴姓 (嬴姓) 夫自中行衍皆嬴姓也 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 6
• 公孙姓 (公孫姓) 蔡公孫姓帥師滅沈 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
• 族姓 (族姓) 官伯族姓 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments — count: 5