Demonic_Duck Posted July 30, 2020 at 07:29 AM Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 at 07:29 AM 10 hours ago, imron said: it's likely to be different from the standard pronunciation (see 曾、单 etc). Just to confuse things even further, 现代汉语规范词典 mentions... 注意 “单(shàn)”和“单(dān)”是两个不同的姓。 I think surname 单 Dān must be pretty rare though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted July 30, 2020 at 08:10 AM Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 at 08:10 AM I've had that name in my current translation and went for Shan. It's been adapted for TV so I suppose I could check the pronunciation through that but I'll take my chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted August 17, 2020 at 12:51 PM Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 at 12:51 PM On 10/26/2007 at 3:52 AM, LiYuanXi said: I have a friend with the surname 龚. It's an official surname but it's not so common. 13 years later, I come across your friend in a translation. Or someone else of the same surname. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingSesame Posted February 3, 2021 at 05:20 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2021 at 05:20 PM Those surnames comprising two words (aka 复姓) instead one are quite rare. Examples include 欧阳 (Ouyang), 上官 (Shangguan), 令狐(Linghu)。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 14, 2021 at 04:36 AM Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 at 04:36 AM On 6/12/2010 at 11:59 AM, carlo said: A village where everyone bears the surname 第五. Wangyi had a little video on this village and the origins of this surname today: https://v.163.com/static/3/VK1RVT7PI.html 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted May 4, 2021 at 02:57 AM Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 at 02:57 AM Had a couple of interesting ones mentioned in my current work piece, both calligraphers inter alia: 揭傒斯 https://baike.baidu.com/item/揭傒斯 康里巎巎 https://baike.baidu.com/item/康里巎巎 Before I checked I guessed Jie's name was all one word and a non-Sinitic language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlezcano Posted May 4, 2021 at 11:08 AM Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 at 11:08 AM 卞 is one of the worst surnames you can have in China. Found it in a zhihu article about bad sounding Chinese names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 20, 2021 at 01:37 PM Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 at 01:37 PM 甪 is a surname as well as a placename and also in a复姓, 甪里. Didn't recognise it at first and thought the stroke at top was a speck on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted December 20, 2021 at 05:22 PM Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 at 05:22 PM Actually I don't think 甪 is a surname. It's a shorthand for 甪里先生 in which 甪里 is a place name. According to a Ming scholar, 甪里先生's surname is 周. (source: 汉语大词典) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 21, 2021 at 12:25 AM Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 at 12:25 AM That's what I get for using a cheap dictionary! The claim was of a 甪里若叔 in the Later Han, is that the same guy as in your reference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted December 21, 2021 at 04:14 AM Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 at 04:14 AM No, it doesn't seem to be the same guy. 甪里先生 was one of the four hermits from late Qin who when Han replaced Qin ignored 刘邦's summons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 9, 2023 at 06:09 AM Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 at 06:09 AM Never sure if these stories are made up, but the surname mentioned apparently exists: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/HNdctuwSx6_mSxGOu_AWcQ 丶zhu https://baike.baidu.com/item/丶/5224041 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted February 9, 2023 at 02:50 PM Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 at 02:50 PM On 8/23/2017 at 12:13 PM, Publius said: Off the top of my head, some people I know with relatively rare surnames: 索 (middle school) Last week I watched a wuxia movie in which the main character's name was 素还真. I wouldn't even have posted it as a rare surname because I didn't really believe it was a real-world surname, but apparently it is! I had never seen it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted September 12, 2023 at 02:08 PM Report Share Posted September 12, 2023 at 02:08 PM Recently met a journalist surnamed 德. Turned out he was Mongolian, I think that explains the unusual surname. His given name was an extremely normal Han Chinese name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted November 8, 2023 at 12:34 PM Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 at 12:34 PM 陆费 Lùbì. As seen in the Shanghai History Museum. I know a few two-character family names, but this one was totally new to me, and with its own unique pronunciation even. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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