xìng

technical
name

Meaning of 复姓

复姓 means compound surname; surname consisting of two or more characters. Pronounced fù xìng.

  • compound surname; surname consisting of two or more characters

Definitions & Examples

Zhū
Liàng
 
 
Ōu
yáng
Xiū
dōu
yōng
yǒu
zhù
míng
de
xìng
 

Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Ouyang Xiu all have famous compound surnames.

Zài
Zhōng
guó
de
xìng
shì
wén
huà
zhōng
 
xìng
xiāng
duì
dān
xìng
shù
liàng
jiào
shǎo
 

In Chinese surname culture, compound surnames are relatively fewer in number compared to single-character surnames.

Zhè
wèi
de
xìng
shì
 
Shàng
guān
 
 

This client's compound surname is 'Shangguan'.