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 surname - OneLook Dictionary Search
Phrases that include surname: chinese surname, compound surname, korean surname, surname etymology
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We found 22 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word surname:
http://www.onelook.com/?w=surname&ls=a

  
 Chinese compound surname - definition of Chinese compound surname in Encyclopedia
Chinese compound surname is an uncommon Chinese surname using more than one character.
Chinese compound surname - definition of Chinese compound surname in Encyclopedia
A small minority of Koreans also have such surnames (see also Korean name).
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Chinese_compound_surname   (92 words)

  
 MHN Project - Names
A full Chinese name always has two or three characters, but can also have four if there is both a compound surname and two syllable given name.
A Chinese surname is often passed down through the father, but Chinese women always retain their family name even after marriage.
The full name of a Han Chinese is composed of two parts: the surname and the given name, the opposite of the arrangement of names in many other countries outside of Asia.
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~mohammed-al-najjar/names.htm   (260 words)

  
 MHN Project - Names
A full Chinese name always has two or three characters, but can also have four if there is both a compound surname and two syllable given name.
A Chinese surname is often passed down through the father, but Chinese women always retain their family name even after marriage.
The full name of a Han Chinese is composed of two parts: the surname and the given name, the opposite of the arrangement of names in many other countries outside of Asia.
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~mohammed-al-najjar/names.htm   (260 words)

  
 A Canadian-Gyopo's Tour of Duty: December 2004
Most of them are uncommon Chinese surnames as well (see Chinese compound surname).
There are many additional factors (legal name, nicknames, family surname, combined names, previous names, business signature, and, very importantly, your inner potential or birthpath as determined from your date of birth) that create and mold your entire personality - and your entire life.
My other classmates, more specifically the Japanese and Chinese classmates, would also find learning new vocabulary a fairly trivial task, since a lot of Korean words are derived from the same Chinese characters that they are already familiar with.
http://cgyopo.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_cgyopo_archive.html   (9339 words)

  
 surname - OneLook Dictionary Search
Phrases that include surname: chinese surname, compound surname, japanese surname, jewish surname, list of monarchs by surname, more...
Words similar to surname: cognomen, surnamed, surnaming, family name, last name, patronym, more...
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http://www.onelook.com/?w=surname&loc=wotd   (237 words)

  
 China Travel Tips: China Name
In the book are over five hundreds family names of Chinese including over sixty compound surnames (a compound surname is composed of two characters).
It is said that Zhang, Wang, Li, Zhao and Liu are the most popular single surnames, and that Zhuge, Oyang, Situ, etc. are the most familiar compound family names.
The surname, generally one character coming first, is usually passed down from father to children.
http://www.warriortours.com/essential/getting_acquainted/chinese_name.htm   (367 words)

  
 China Travel Tips: Chinese Names
The full name of a Han Chinese person is composed of two parts: the surname (family name) and the given name.
Full names containing four words can also be seen because of a compound surname and two syllable given names.
Addressing a Chinese person directly by his (her) given name is considered to be offensive, unless you are longtime friends.
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/chinese-name.htm   (271 words)

  
 Chinese compound surname - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinese compound surname (複姓 pinyin fu4xing4) is an uncommon Chinese surname using more than one character.
A small minority of Koreans also have such surnames (see also Korean name).
Many of these surnames originated from government official titles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_compound_surname   (226 words)

  
 Chinese compound surname - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinese compound surname is an uncommon Chinese surname using more than one character.
A small minority of Koreans also have such surnames (see also Korean name).
Many of these surnames originated from government official titles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_compound_surname   (226 words)

  
 Korean name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most of them are uncommon Chinese surnames as well (see Chinese compound surname).
Baekje in southwestern Korea had many non-Chinese family names.
People with two-character family names often have a one-character given name, like the singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_name   (226 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Names
In Chinese names the first part is the surname, the second is the generation name, and the last is the given name.
Descendant surnames, or names indicating parentage, are often indicated by prefixes such as Mac-, Mc- in Scottish or Irish names or Ap- in Welsh names; or by suffixes such as -son in English names, -sen in Scandinavian names.
Regional or habitation names, such as Wood or Woods, Moore, Church, or Hill, constitute the majority of English surnames.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761573835   (630 words)

  
 bibdes_guide.doc
Chinese names should be entered in full as they appear in the document, inserting a comma after the surname, and a space after the comma.
Enter most compound surnames in the same sequence as they appear on the document (see point 7 for examples of exceptions to the rules).
For surnames with separately written prefixes, the format depends on the language of origin of the name.
http://ioc.unesco.org/Oceanteacher/Information/Course1/mim_resourcekit/bibdes_guide.doc   (2971 words)

  
 LINGUIST List 9.904: Recent Change in English
In Chinese, all [modifier + noun] structures are compounds while all [modifier + de + noun] structures are noncompound, either [adjective + noun] NPs or [relative + noun] NPs.
Subject: the distinction between compound noun and NP About the category of 'fun' in 'fun game', which is hotly discussed in the discussion about recent change of English, in linguist list.
In fact, in Chinese there is no distinction between the above two modification, which is clearly distinguished in English.
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/linguist/issues/9/9-904.html   (1262 words)

  
 help section
Chinese first names should be entered in full as they appear on the document/knowledge object, with a comma and a space separating the surname and first names.
Enter most compound surnames in the same sequences as they appear on the document/knowledge object.
Separate the initials from the surname by a comma and a space.
http://www.onefish.org/Onefish/helppages/help.add.ho.en.html   (1102 words)

  
 Re: two-character Chinese surnames
There is a long list of two-character Chinese surnames in the surname dictionary in Chineseroots.com.
In Reply to: two-character Chinese surnames posted by Bai Xinyu on October 23, 2001 at 19:28:12:
I know that Ouyang and Situ (Sitoe) are relatively common but what are the other compound surnames?
http://www.ziplink.net/~rey/ch/queries/messages/3721.html   (144 words)

  
 Mohism
‘Mo’ is an unusual surname and the common Chinese word for "ink." Hence scholars have speculated that this was not Mozi's original family name, but an epithet given him because he was once a slave or convict, whose faces were often branded or tattooed with dark ink.
Ahern, Denis, 1976, "Is Mo Tzu a Utilitarian?" Journal of Chinese Philosophy 3.2: 185-93
(Combined with ‘di’ (earth), the word ‘tian’ forms the compound ‘tian-di’ (sky-and-earth), which refers to the natural world.) Tian is anthropomorphic, but less so than the Judeo-Christian God.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mohism   (19978 words)

  
 Peoples First
People with da as first unit of compound surname
List Of People By Name: People Named Li People named Li : ''Some people missing here may be at'' List of people with Chinese surnames rendered as "Li" ''and/or'' :Category:Li.
The trips are highly educational and provide students with resources to explore the world around them as well as their individual potential.
http://www.wwwtln.com/finance/143/peoples-first.html   (495 words)

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