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Easily Mispronounced Chinese Surmanes
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Introduction
Chinese family names are patrilineal, passed from father to children. The Bǎi jiā xìng ( 百家姓 ) or "Hundred Family Surnames" refers to an ancient text documenting Chinese surnames.
Historically there are close to 12,000 surnames recorded, of which only about 3,100 are in current use.
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Introduction
There are many polyphonic characters in Chinese. Some of our Chinese characters also have different pronunciations when the characters are used as Chinese surnames.
We will show you several easily mispronounced Chinese surnames, even some Chinese people don’t know the right pronunciations.
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