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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
family name
common people
to conceal one's identity / living incognito
what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname?
friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[]) (蔣|蒋[] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[] and 汪[] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫[])
only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
having same given name and family name
single-character surname
maiden name (of married woman)
common people / ordinary people
to revert to one's original surname
to change one's surname
common people / average people / hoi polloi
a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
caste (traditional Indian social division)
caste system (traditional Indian social division)
caste system
see 行不更名，坐不改姓[]
I am who I am and not ashamed of it / to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions
two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马[] or 諸葛|诸葛[])
(of an emperor) to bestow a surname
see 隱姓埋名|隐姓埋名[]
to pretend to be sb else
to prey on the people
surname and given name / full name
The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27