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your surname

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

gui4xing4 • guìxìng

Meaning


Primary

your surname

Alternatives

your family name, your last name

Mnemonic


貴姓 Your surname is a polite way to ask someone's 姓 surname by calling it special and 貴 expensive.

Usage


請問 您 貴姓?

May I ask your surname?

先生, 您 貴姓?

Sir, what is your surname?

還 沒 請教 您 貴姓。

I haven't yet asked your surname.