姓名 xìngmíng surname and given name
surname and given name; full name
How to remember 姓名: 姓 surname + 名 name = surname and given name.
Characters
How it is used
- One's full name (surname + given name) - 请写下你的姓名 (qǐng xiě xià nǐ de xìngmíng) please write your full name.
- Formal, used on forms and documents; in conversation you'd ask 你叫什么名字？ (nǐ jiào shénme míngzi) using 名字.
- 姓 is the family name, 名 the given name; 姓名 bundles both.
Example sentences
- 填上你的姓名和地址。 Tiánshàng nǐ de xìngmíng hé dìzhǐ.Fill in your name and address.
- 我能问一下您的姓名和住址吗？ Wǒnéng wèn yīxià nín de xìngmíng hé zhùzhǐ ma?Might I ask your name and address?
- 你只要在这里写下你的姓名和地址就行了。 Nǐ zhǐyào zài zhèlǐ xiěxià nǐ de xìngmíng hé dìzhǐ jiùxíngle.All you have to do is to write your name and address here.