Ouyang ( traditional Chinese : 歐陽 ; simplified Chinese : 欧阳 ; pinyin : Ōuyáng ; Zhuyin Fuhao : ㄡㄧㄤˊ ) is a Chinese surname . It is the most common two-character Chinese compound surname , being the only two-character name of the 400 most common Chinese surnames, according to a 2013 study.
8-707: Dōngmén (simplified Chinese: 东门 ; traditional Chinese: 東門 ) may refer to: Dongmen (surname) , a Chinese compound surname Locations in China [ edit ] Dongmen, Shenzhen , in Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Dongmen, Fusui County , a town in Guangxi Dongmen, Luocheng County , a town in Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County , Guangxi Dongmen, Wenquan ,
16-1336: A village in Yingshan County, Hubei Dongmen, Xinghua , a former village in Xinghua Township , Hong'an County, Hubei Dongmen Subdistrict, Guixi , in Guixi , Jianxi Dongmen Township , Dao County , Hunan Hughes Reef , Sansha , Hainan , also known as Dongmen Reef Dongmenying , a village in Yanqing District, Beijing. Others [ edit ] Dongmen Road , in Shanghai Dongmenkou station , in Ningbo Dongmen Bridge station , in Chengdu Dongmen metro station , in Taipei East Gate of Taipei City Wall Heunginjimun , also known as Dongdaemun, in Seoul See also [ edit ] Dongmen Subdistrict (disambiguation) East Gate (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
24-668: A prince of Yue , the second son of King Wujiang ( 無疆 ). After his state was extinguished by the state of Chu , Ti and his family lived in the south side of the Mount Ouyu ( 歐余山 , currently called Mount Sheng 升山 in Huzhou , Zhejiang ). In Classical Chinese , the south side of a mountain or the north bank of a river is called Yang ( 陽 ), thus the Ti family was called Ouyang. He was called Marquis of Ouyang Village ( 歐陽亭侯 ). Traditionally, Ti's ancestry can be traced through his father Wujiang,
32-471: A single-character surname for various reasons. Lists below are arranged alphabetically by their Mandarin pinyin spellings. Double-barrelled surname ( 雙姓 ) occurs sometimes when both families of a marriage wish to pass down their surnames, or when a child wishes to commemorate both the biological and foster parents. This is often distinguished from compound surnames ( 複姓 ), which cannot be split into two single-character surnames. A doubled-barrelled surname
40-659: Is a Chinese surname using more than one character . Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble and official titles, professions, place names and other areas, to serve a purpose. Some are originally from various tribes that lived in ancient China, while others were created by joining two one-character family names. Only a few of these names (e.g. Ouyang [歐陽/欧阳], Shangguan [上官], Sima [司馬/司马], Zhuge [諸葛/诸葛], Situ [司徒], Xiahou [夏侯], Huangfu [皇甫], and Huyan [呼延]) can still be found quite commonly in modern times with Ouyang, Shangguan, Sima and Situ appearing most frequently. Many clans eventually took on
48-462: Is also distinguished from a married name ( 冠夫姓 ), as married names are not passed down to the next generations. Peoples other than Han have resided in China and have their names transliterated into Chinese. A large number of these non-Han surnames contain more than one Chinese character. Ouyang The Song dynasty historian Ouyang Xiu traced the Ouyang surname to Ti ( 蹄 , pinyin : Tí),
56-695: The King of Yue, to the semi-legendary Yu the Great ( 大禹 ). According to a 2013 study, Ouyang was the 169th most common name in China, being shared by around 910000 people or 0.068% of the total population, with the province with the most people with the name being Hunan . In terms of distribution Ouyangs have mostly been confined to southern China, especially the areas of southern Jiangxi , central Hubei and eastern Henan , with smaller pockets in Guangdong , Sichuan , Hunan and Guangxi . The most prominent of
64-689: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dongmen&oldid=1174438261 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text Short description matches Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dongmen (surname) A Chinese compound surname
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