冒姓

Chinese

		to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave	surname; family name; name
trad. (冒姓)		冒	姓
simp. #(冒姓)		冒	姓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màoxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màoxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màosìng
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: màu-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawshinq
    • Palladius: маосин (maosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Verb

冒姓

1. (literary) to assume a surname that is not originally one's own

   • 青有同母衛長君及姊子夫，子夫自平陽公主家得幸武帝，故青冒姓為衛氏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     青有同母卫长君及姊子夫，子夫自平阳公主家得幸武帝，故青冒姓为卫氏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Qīng yǒu tóngmǔ Wèi Zhǎngjūn jí zǐ Zǐfū, Zǐfū zì Píngyáng Gōngzhǔ jiā déxìng Wǔdì, gù Qīng màoxìng wéi Wèi shì. [Pinyin]

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