姓sing3氏si6

English

1. family name
2. surname; last name
3. surname; last name; family name

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 姓名中表示血緣、家族淵源嘅部份（量詞：個）

Examples

• 你的姓氏怎么写？

  How is your family name written?

  Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

• 林字作为中国姓氏，就读Lín；作为日本姓氏，则读Hayashi。

  When used as a Chinese surname, the character 林 is pronounced Lín; as a Japanese surname, it is read Hayashi.

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY