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19 Most Common Chinese Surnames or Family Names by Char4U.com

List of the most used Chinese surnames (last names) and the meanings behind them, in ranking order of popularity:

Li
n.

1: Chinese plum 2: judge 3: a star's name

Wang
n.
1: emperor 2: king 3: prince 4: court 5: dynasty 6: chief 7: grandfather; grandmother 8: ruler 9: champion

Zhang
n.
1: proposal 2: a plants name 3: curtain

v.
1: draw back 2: open 3: put up 4: magnify 5: spread

Liu
v.
1: kill 2: capture

n.
a weapon's name

Chen
adj.
1: old 2: stale

v.
1: lay out 2: explain

Yang
n.
1: poplar 2: trembling aspen

Zhao
n.
an ancient Chinese state

Huang
adj.
yellow; sallow

n.
1: golden seal 2: the Yellow River; 3: the Yellow Emperor 4: pornography 5. wine 6: an ancient Chinese state 7: infant 8: old man

v.
1: fall through 2: ripen

Zhou
adj.
1: careful; meticulous; well-considered 2: close; intimate 3: complete 4: honest

n.
1: circumference; periphery 2: corner 3: week 4: a Chinese dynasty

v.
1: make a circuit 2:preserve 3: offer financial help to

Wu
adj.
big

n.
an ancient Chinese state

v.
peal

Xu
adj.
1: gentle; slow 2: leisurely 3: all

n.
an ancient Chinese state

v.
1: walk slowly 2: spread

Sun
n.
1: grandson; granddaughter 2: a relative of grandchild's generation 3: descendant 4: small network

Hu
adj.
1: careless; reckless 2: black 3: far; great

adv.
1: how 2: why 3: what

n.
1: something resembling a wattle 2: non-Han nationalities living in the north and west of China in ancient times 3: wattle 4: an ancient Chinese state 5: moustache

Zhu
adj.
vermilion; bright-red

n.
1: the tree with red core 2: scarlet thing

Gao
adj.
1: high; tall 2: above the average; of a high degree; superior; advanced 3: empty; unrealist 4: old; aged 5: elated; loud

n.
1: height 2: an elevated place

v.
1: raise; heighten 2: respect 3: live in seclusion

Lin
adj.
various

n.
1: forest; grove; woods 2: secluded place 3: circle 4: surbur 5: forestry

He
adv.
1: what 2: where 3: who 4: which

v.
1: ask 2: berate; excoriate

Guo
n.
1: the outer wall of a city 2: city 3: outer frame or sheath 4: an ancient Chinese state

v.
1: expand 2: open up

Ma
adj.
big

n.
1: horse 2: code

v.
1: draw face 2: take horse; control a horse



Reference: Kingsoft PowerWord 2000

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