Chinese compound surname
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A Chinese compound surname (Simplified Chinese: 复姓; Traditional Chinese: 複姓; pinyin: fùxìng) is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these surnames derive from noble and official titles, professions, and place names. Some are originally non-Chinese, while others were created by joining two one-character family names. Only a few of these names (e.g. 歐陽, 上官, 司馬, 司徒) survive in modern times. Many clans eventually took on a single-character surname for various reasons. A small minority of Koreans and Vietnamese also have compound surnames.
[edit] Compound Surnames
| Chinese characters | Meaning | Non-Han origin | Mandarin (Pinyin) |
Cantonese (Hong Kong) |
Vietnamese | Korean | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 阿史那 | Turkic | Āshǐnà | A Si Na | ||||
| 百里 | Hundred li | Bǎilǐ | Baak Lei | Bách Lý | Baili Xi (百里溪) | ||
| 東方 (东方) | East | Dōngfāng | Dung Fong | Đông Phương | Dongfang Shuo (東方朔) | ||
| 東閣 (东阁) | Eastern Pavilion | Dōnggé | Dung Gok | ||||
| 東門 (东门) | Eastern Gate | Dōngmén | Dung Mun | ||||
| 端木 | Duānmù | Duen Muk | Đoan Mộc | Duanmu Hongliang(端木蕻良) | |||
| 獨孤 (独孤) | Alone | Dúgū | Duk Gu | Độc Cô | Dugu Qiubai (獨孤求敗) | ||
| 公孫 (公孙) | Gōngsūn | Gung Syun | Công Tôn | Gongson | Gongsun Zan (公孫贊) | ||
| 穀梁 (谷梁) or 穀粱 | Sorghum grains (?) | Gǔliáng | Guk Leong | Cốc Lương | |||
| 賀蘭 (贺兰) | Hèlán | Ho Laan | Hạ Lan | ||||
| 赫連 (赫连) | Hèlián | Hak Lin | Hách Liên | ||||
| 賀若 (贺若) | Hèruò | Ho Yeok | Hạ Nhược | ||||
| 皇甫 | Húangfù | Wong Po | Huangfu Song | ||||
| 呼延 | Tungusic (鮮卑) | Hūyán | Fu Yin | Hô Diên | |||
| 令狐 | Línghú | Ling Wu | Lệnh Hồ | Linghu Chong (令狐沖) | |||
| 万俟 | Tungusic (鮮卑) | Mòqí | |||||
| 慕容 | Tungusic (鮮卑) | Mùróng | Mou Yung | Mộ Dung | Murong Huang (慕容皝) | ||
| 納蘭 (纳兰) | Manchurian (a variant of 叶赫那拉) | Nàlán | Naap Laan | Nalan Xingde (納蘭性德) | |||
| 南宮 (南宫) | Southern Palace | Nángōng | Nam Gung | ||||
| 歐陽 (欧阳) | Ōuyáng | Au Yeong | Âu Dương | Ouyang Xiu (歐陽修) | |||
| 沙吒 | Turkic | Shāzhà | Sa Za | ||||
| 上官 | High official (place name) | Shàngguān | Seong Gun | Thượng Quan | 上官玉 (Hong Kong actress) | ||
| 司馬 | Military commander | Sīmǎ | Si Ma | Tư Mã | Sima Qian(司馬遷) | ||
| 司徒 | Public administrator | Sītú | Si To | Tư Đồ | Szeto Wah | ||
| 司空 | Minister of constructions | Sīkōng | Si Hung | Tư Không | Sagong | ||
| 太史 | Historian | Tàishǐ | Taai Si | Taishi Ci (太史慈) | |||
| 夏侯 (夏侯) | |||||||
| 西門 (西门) | Western gate | Xīmén | Sai Mun | Tây Môn | Seomoon | Ximen Bao (西門豹) | |
| 軒轅 (轩辕) | Xuānyuán | Hin Yuen | Yellow Emperor | ||||
| 尉遲 (尉迟) | Yùchí | Wat Ci | Uý Trì | Yuchi Jingde (Door God) | |||
| 長孫 (长孙) | Zhǎngsūn | Zeong Syun | Zhangsun Wuji (長孫無忌) | ||||
| 鐘離 (钟离) | Zhōnglí | Zung Lei | |||||
| 諸葛 (诸葛) | Zhūgě | Zyu Got | Chư Cát | Jegal | Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮) | ||
| 祝融 | (Synonym to the god of fire) | Zhùróng | Zuk Yung | Chúc Dung | |||
| 左人 | Left-handed man | Zuǒrén | Zo Yan | Tả Nhân |
