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  <p><a name="The use of 姓 and 叫"><span class="english" style=
  "font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial">The use of</span>
  <span class="hanzi" font-family:="">姓</span> <span class=
  "english" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial">xìng
  and</span> <span class="hanzi" font-family:="">叫</span>
  <span class="english" style=
  "font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial">jiào</span></a> <span class=
  "english" style=
  "font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial">(9)</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">姓</span> <span class="english">xìng</span>
  <span class="english">surname can be used as a noun, but it is
  most commonly used as a verb in Chinese sentences, as
  in</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">他姓</span> <span class="hanzi">王</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">tā xìng wáng</span> <span class=
  "english"><a href="Sound/ta%20xing%20wang.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p>H <span class="english">is surname is Wang (lit. he surname
  Wang)</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">你姓</span> <span class="hanzi">什</span>
  <span class="hanzi">么？</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">nĭ xìng shénme</span> <span class=
  "english">? <a href="Sound/ni%20xing%20shenme.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">What is your surname? (lit. you surname
  what)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">A polite form for the above question
  is</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">您</span> <span class="hanzi">贵</span>
  <span class="hanzi">姓？</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">nín guì xìng</span> <span class=
  "english">? <a href="Sound/nin%20gui%20xing.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">What is your surname? (lit. your
  honourable surname is…)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">When asking names,</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">叫</span> <span class="english">jiào</span> <span class=
  "english">to be called can refer either to given names or to full
  names. For instance,</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">我</span> <span class="hanzi">姓</span>
  <span class="hanzi">王</span> <span class="english">,</span>
  <span class="hanzi">叫</span> <span class="hanzi">文</span>
  <span class="hanzi">书</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">wǒ xìng Wáng, jiào Wénshū</span>
  <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20xing%20wang%20jiao%20wenshu.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">My surname is Wang and I am called
  Wenshu</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">我</span> <span class="hanzi">姓</span>
  <span class="hanzi">王</span> <span class="english">,</span>
  <span class="hanzi">叫</span> <span class="hanzi">王</span>
  <span class="hanzi">文</span> <span class="hanzi">书</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">wǒ xìng Wáng, jiào Wáng Wénshū</span>
  <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20xing%20wang%20jiao%20wang%20wenshu.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">My surname is Wang and I am called Wang
  Wenshu.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english"><a target="_blank" href=
  "Xing%20Questions.html" style="text-decoration: none">If you have
  any questions about this explanation, please click
  here</a>.</span></p>
  <p><a title="These must be submitted before your lessons."
  target="_blank" href="Lessons%201-13.htm#surnames" style=
  "text-decoration: none">Assignments.</a></p>
  <p>Translate the following sentences into Chinese (9,
  surnames)</p>
  <ol>
    <li>What is your name?</li>
    <li>My name is Gubo, and you?</li>
    <li>My surname is Ding, I am called Ding Yun. What is your
    girlfriend's name.</li>
    <li>She is called Palanka.</li>
    <li>What is your Chinese teacher's surname?</li>
    <li>His surname is Wang, he is called Wang Boyun.</li>
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