Chinese compound surname

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A Chinese compound surname (Simplified Chinese: 复姓; Traditional Chinese: 複姓; pinyin: fùxìng) is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these surnames derive from noble and official titles, professions, and place names. Some are originally non-Chinese, while others were created by joining two one-character family names. Only a few of these names (e.g. 歐陽, 上官, 司馬, 司徒) survive in modern times. Many clans eventually took on a single-character surname for various reasons. A small minority of Koreans and Vietnamese also have compound surnames.

[edit] Compound Surnames

Chinese characters	Meaning	Non-Han origin	Mandarin (Pinyin)	Cantonese (Hong Kong)	Vietnamese	Korean	Notable
阿史那		Turkic	Āshǐnà	A Si Na
百里	Hundred li		Bǎilǐ	Baak Lei	Bách Lý		Baili Xi (百里溪)
東方 (东方)	East		Dōngfāng	Dung Fong	Đông Phương		Dongfang Shuo (東方朔)
東閣 (东阁)	Eastern Pavilion		Dōnggé	Dung Gok
東門 (东门)	Eastern Gate		Dōngmén	Dung Mun
端木			Duānmù	Duen Muk	Đoan Mộc		Duanmu Hongliang(端木蕻良)
獨孤 (独孤)	Alone		Dúgū	Duk Gu	Độc Cô		Dugu Qiubai (獨孤求敗)
公孫 (公孙)			Gōngsūn	Gung Syun	Công Tôn	Gongson	Gongsun Zan (公孫贊)
穀梁 (谷梁) or 穀粱	Sorghum grains (?)		Gǔliáng	Guk Leong	Cốc Lương
賀蘭 (贺兰)			Hèlán	Ho Laan	Hạ Lan
赫連 (赫连)			Hèlián	Hak Lin	Hách Liên
賀若 (贺若)			Hèruò	Ho Yeok	Hạ Nhược
皇甫			Húangfù	Wong Po			Huangfu Song
呼延		Tungusic (鮮卑)	Hūyán	Fu Yin	Hô Diên
令狐			Línghú	Ling Wu	Lệnh Hồ		Linghu Chong (令狐沖)
甪里 or 角里			Lùlǐ
万俟		Tungusic (鮮卑)	Mòqí
慕容		Tungusic (鮮卑)	Mùróng	Mou Yung	Mộ Dung		Murong Huang (慕容皝)
納蘭 (纳兰)		Manchurian (a variant of 叶赫那拉)	Nàlán	Naap Laan			Nalan Xingde (納蘭性德)
南宮 (南宫)	Southern Palace		Nángōng	Nam Gung
歐陽 (欧阳)			Ōuyáng	Au Yeong	Âu Dương		Ouyang Xiu (歐陽修)
沙吒		Turkic	Shāzhà	Sa Za
上官	High official (place name)		Shàngguān	Seong Gun	Thượng Quan		上官玉 (Hong Kong actress)
司馬	Military commander		Sīmǎ	Si Ma	Tư Mã		Sima Qian(司馬遷)
司徒	Public administrator		Sītú	Si To	Tư Đồ		Szeto Wah
司空	Minister of constructions		Sīkōng	Si Hung	Tư Không	Sagong
太史	Historian		Tàishǐ	Taai Si			Taishi Ci (太史慈)
夏侯 (夏侯)
西門 (西门)	Western gate		Xīmén	Sai Mun	Tây Môn	Seomoon	Ximen Bao (西門豹)
軒轅 (轩辕)			Xuānyuán	Hin Yuen			Yellow Emperor
尉遲 (尉迟)			Yùchí	Wat Ci	Uý Trì		Yuchi Jingde (Door God)
長孫 (长孙)			Zhǎngsūn	Zeong Syun			Zhangsun Wuji (長孫無忌)
鐘離 (钟离)			Zhōnglí	Zung Lei
諸葛 (诸葛)			Zhūgě	Zyu Got	Chư Cát	Jegal	Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮)
祝融	(Synonym to the god of fire)		Zhùróng	Zuk Yung	Chúc Dung
左人	Left-handed man		Zuǒrén	Zo Yan	Tả Nhân