姓 (xìng) means Family name (surname - name). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 姓 王，叫王明。
Wǒ xìng Wáng, jiào Wáng Míng.
My surname is Wang; I'm called Wang Ming.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 姓
请填写 姓 名和性别。
Qǐng tiánxiě xìngmíng hé xìngbié.
Please fill in your name and sex.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 性别
老百 姓 的生活越来越好。
Lǎobǎixìng de shēnghuó yuè lái yuè hǎo.
Ordinary people's lives keep getting better.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 老百姓
这项政策对老百 姓 有好处。
Zhè xiàng zhèngcè duì lǎobǎixìng yǒu hǎochu.
This policy benefits ordinary people.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 老百姓
表格上要填写 姓 名和籍贯。
Biǎogé shang yào tiánxiě xìngmíng hé jíguàn.
You need to fill in your name and place of origin on the form.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 籍贯
表格上要填写配偶的 姓 名。
Biǎogé shang yào tiánxiě pèi'ǒu de xìngmíng.
The form requires your spouse's name.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 配偶
他为官廉洁，深受百 姓 爱戴。
Tā wéi guān liánjié, shēn shòu bǎixìng àidài.
He was an honest official and much loved by the people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 廉洁
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From the graded readers
我的老师 姓 王。
wǒ de(possessive) lǎoshī xìng wáng.
My teacher's surname is Wang.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
我的中文老师 姓 李，我们都叫她李老师。
wǒ de(possessive) zhōngwén lǎoshī xìng lǐ, wǒmen dōu jiào tā lǐ lǎoshī.
My Chinese teacher's surname is Li; we all call her Teacher Li.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
From the travel phrasebook
Words that contain 姓
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 姓
How is 姓 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 姓 (xìng, "Family name (surname - name)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 姓 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 姓 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 姓 an HSK word?
Yes — 姓 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 姓?
The dictionary page for 姓 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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