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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
xing4	seng3, sing3	seng3, sing3	family name / to be surnamed / surname

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
百姓 Learn more	bai3 xing4	baak3 seng3, sing3	baak3 seng3, sing3	common people
姓名 Learn more	xing4 ming2	seng3, sing3 meng4, ming4	seng3, sing3 meng4, ming4	name and surname
姓氏 Learn more	xing4 shi4	seng3, sing3 si6, ji1	seng3, sing3 si6, zi1	family name
赐姓 Learn more	ci4 xing4	chi3 seng3, sing3	ci3 seng3, sing3	to bestow a surname (of emperor conferring favor on ethnic group)

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Simplified	Pinyin	Used for
个	ge4	general things; it's a catch-all measure word for individual things or units of something both abstract or physical objects

Her maiden name is Li.

She uses her unmarried name for professional purposes.

After her divorce she reverted to ( using ) her maiden name.

The civilian population were suffering greatly at the hands of the security forces.

An unidentified man did a brodie last night.

Hillary Clinton nee Rodham .

Ordinary people have always resented the nomenklatura's privileges.

I am tired of listening to his continual namedropping.

The cards were arranged according to the four - corner system, divided by both name and subject matter.

The mention of price rises sent citizens out to their shops to buy up as much as they could.

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on