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The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]
Chinese surnames have a history of over 3,000 years. Chinese mythology, however, reaches back further to the legendary figure Fuxi (with the surname Feng), who was said to have established the system of Chinese surnames to distinguish different families and prevent marriage of people with the same family names. [8]
Li or Lee (; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [1] Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, [2] and more than 100 million in Asia. [3]
Zhang ( [ʈʂáŋ] ⓘ; traditional Chinese: 張; simplified Chinese: 张) is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as Chang in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world. [2] [3] It is spoken in the first tone Zhāng. It is a surname that exists in many languages and cultures, corresponding ...
Wang ( / wɑːŋ /) is the pinyin romanization of the common Chinese surnames 王 ( Wáng) and 汪 ( Wāng ). [a] It is currently the most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with more than 107 million in Asia. It is the 8th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [2] [3]
Ban (Chinese surname) Bao (surname) Bei (surname) Bi (surname) Bian (surname) Bing (Chinese surname) Bo (Chinese surname) Bong (surname) Buddhist surname.
Meaning. Name of a noble family of the ancient state of Chen. Region of origin. China. Yuan ( 袁, Mandarin pronunciation: [ɥɛ̌n] ⓘ) is a Chinese surname ranked 37th in China by population in 2019. [1] [2] In Standard Chinese, the surname is transliterated Yuán ( hanyu pinyin) or Yüen2 " ( Wade-Giles ).
Peng (surname) Peng ( Chinese: 彭; pinyin: Péng; alternative forms of romanization include Pang and Phang ( Cantonese, Hakka ), Pangestu or Pangestoe ( Indonesian ), and Bành ( Vietnamese )) is a common Chinese family name, ranking 35th most common in 2006. It is the 47th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.