Chinese Family Names
In Chinese the family name always precedes the given name. In total, there are only around one hundred surnames in use. This table shows some of the more commonly used Chinese family names. The names are shown in Chinese, Pinyin and English.
| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| °¬ | Ai | |
| °× | Bai | |
| °ü | Bao | |
| ±´ | Bei | |
| ³Â | Chen | |
| µË | Deng | |
| ¶Å | Du | |
| ·ë | Feng | |
| ¸µ | Fu | |
| ¸ß | Gao | |
| ¹È | Gu | |
| ºØ | He | |
| ºú | Hu | |
| Ȼ | Hua | |
| ¼¾ | Ji | |
| ½ð | Jin | |
| ¿Â | Ke | |
| ¿× | Kong | |
| ˵ | Lai | |
| Àî | Li | |
| ÁÖ | Lin | |
| Áõ | Liu | |
| ¬ | Lu | |
| ÃÏ | Meng | |
| ɣ | Sang | |
| Ëï | Sun | |
| Ìï | Tian | |
| Íõ | Wang | |
| κ | Wei | |
| ÎÄ | Wen | |
| Îâ | Wu | |
| Ï° | Xi | |
| ÏÄ | Xia | |
| л | Xie | |
| Ðí | Xu | |
| Ñî | Yang | |
| Ò¶ | Ye | |
| ÕÅ | Zhang | |
| ÖÜ | Zhou | |
| Öì | Zhu |
» Learn the proper usage of Chinese names in the lesson "What's your name?"