| 1 | 老百姓 | 老百姓 | lǎo bǎi xìng | lao3 bai3 xing4 | ordinary people; the "person in the street"; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 姓 | 姓 | xìng | xing4 | family name; surname; Classifiers: 个 ; to be surnamed | | |
| 3 | 百姓 | 百姓 | bǎi xìng | bai3 xing4 | common people | | |
| 4 | 姓名 | 姓名 | xìng míng | xing4 ming2 | surname and given name; full name | | |
| 5 | 姓氏 | 姓氏 | xìng shì | xing4 shi4 | family name | | |
| 6 | 尊姓大名 | 尊姓大名 | zūn xìng dà míng | zun1 xing4 da4 ming2 | What is your honorable name? (honorary) (idiom) | | |
| 7 | 百家姓 | 百家姓 | bǎi jiā xìng | Bai3 jia1 xing4 | The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames | | |
| 8 | 行不更名,坐不改姓 | 行不更名,坐不改姓 | xíng bù gēng míng , zuò bù gǎi xìng | xing2 bu4 geng1 ming2 , zuo4 bu4 gai3 xing4 | I am who I am (and I'm not ashamed); fig. to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions | | |
| 9 | 行不改姓,坐不改名 | 行不改姓,坐不改名 | xíng bù gǎi xìng , zuò bù gǎi míng | xing2 bu4 gai3 xing4 , zuo4 bu4 gai3 ming2 | see 行不更名 ,坐不改姓 | | |
| 10 | 同姓不婚 | 同姓不婚 | tóng xìng bù hūn | tong2 xing4 bu4 hun1 | Marriage between people bearing the same surname is forbidden. (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 同名同姓 | 同名同姓 | tóng míng tóng xìng | tong2 ming2 tong2 xing4 | having same given name and family name | | |
| 12 | 普通老百姓 | 普通老百姓 | pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng | pu3 tong1 lao3 bai3 xing4 | common people; average people; hoi polloi | | |
| 13 | 平头百姓 | 平頭百姓 | píng tóu bǎi xìng | ping2 tou2 bai3 xing4 | common people | | |
| 14 | 娘家姓 | 娘家姓 | niáng jia xìng | niang2 jia5 xing4 | maiden name (of married woman) | | |
| 15 | 叩其姓名 | 叩其姓名 | kòu qí xìng míng | kou4 qi2 xing4 ming2 | to ask his name (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 假名托姓 | 假名托姓 | jiǎ míng tuō xìng | jia3 ming2 tuo1 xing4 | to assume sb.'s name as one's own (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 汉姓 | 漢姓 | hàn xìng | Han4 xing4 | Han surname; Chinese surname | | |
| 18 | 国姓乡 | 國姓鄉 | guó xìng xiāng | Guo2 xing4 xiang1 | Guoxing or Kuohsing township in Nantou county 南投县 , central Taiwan | | |
| 19 | 国姓 | 國姓 | guó xìng | Guo2 xing4 | Guoxing or Kuohsing township in Nantou county 南投县 , central Taiwan | | |
| 20 | 贵姓 | 貴姓 | guì xìng | gui4 xing4 | what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? | | |
| 21 | 改姓换名 | 改姓換名 | gǎi xìng huàn míng | gai3 xing4 huan4 ming2 | to change one's name; to reappear under a different name (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 复姓 | 複姓 | fù xìng | fu4 xing4 | two-character surname such as 司马 or 诸葛 | | |
| 23 | 二姓之好 | 二姓之好 | èr xìng zhī hǎo | er4 xing4 zhi1 hao3 | Two families are linked through marriage. (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 顶名冒姓 | 頂名冒姓 | dǐng míng mào xìng | ding3 ming2 mao4 xing4 | to pretend to be sb else | | |
| 25 | 赐姓 | 賜姓 | cì xìng | ci4 xing4 | to bestow a surname (of emperor conferring favor on ethnic group) | | |