Chinese

姓名

/ɕiŋ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
full name (of a person)
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 1

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Lineage

  • characterChinese姓 “surname; family name; clan name”
    • meaningChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
    • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
      • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”
  • characterChinese名 “name”
    • ideaChinese夕 “night; evening; dusk”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”

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