Easily Mispronounced Chinese surnames

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Introduction

Chinese family names are patrilineal, passed from father to children. The Bǎi jiā xìng ( 百家姓 ) or "Hundred Family Surnames" refers to an ancient text documenting Chinese surnames.

Historically there are close to 12,000 surnames recorded, of which only about 3,100 are in current use.

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Introduction

There are many  polyphonic characters in Chinese. Some of our Chinese characters also have different pronunciations when the characters are used as Chinese surnames.

We will show you several easily mispronounced Chinese surnames, even some Chinese people don’t know the right pronunciations.

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容易读错的姓氏

朴 piáo pǔ单 shàn dān解 xiè jiě

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容易读错的姓氏

区 ōu qū

查 zhā chá

句 gōu jùDigMandarin.com

容易读错的姓氏

缪 miào móu

都 dū dōu

华 huà huáDigMandarin.com

容易读错的姓氏

任 rén rèn

那 nā nà

应 yīng yìngDigMandarin.com

容易读错的姓氏

曲 qū qǔ

哈 hǎ hā

訾 zī zǐDigMandarin.com

容易读错的姓氏

繁 pò fán

能 nài néng

阿 ē āDigMandarin.com

容易读错的姓氏

令狐 líng hú lìng hú

尉迟 yù chí wèi chí

长孙 zhǎng sūn

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