There are 100 Chinese surnames which we as Chinese are taught are the most important to learn when we are growing up.
Most westerners I know say often “His surname is spelt Wang but he keeps saying his name is Mr Wong!” Your best investment in relationship building is to learn how to say Chinese names perfectly and phonetically correct. We want you to present your best self and your best tone to the conversation so we include the voice clip that you can hear and repeat until you get to be perfect with your Chinese pronunciation on that most important first impression.
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Rank | Chinese | Pinyin | Audio |
---|---|---|---|
1. | 李 | Lǐ | |
2. | 王 | Wáng | |
3. | 張 | Zhāng | |
4. | 劉 | Liú | |
5. | 陳 | Chén | |
6. | 楊 | Yáng | |
7. | 趙 | Zhào | |
8. | 黃 | Huáng | |
9. | 周 | Zhōu | |
10. | 吳 | Wú | |
11. | 徐 | Xú | |
12. | 孫 | Sūn | |
13. | 胡 | Hú | |
14. | 朱 | Zhū | |
15. | 高 | Gāo |


Rank | Chinese | Pinyin | |
---|---|---|---|
16. | 林 | Lín | |
17. | 何 | Hé | |
18. | 郭 | Guō | |
19. | 馬 | Mǎ | |
20. | 羅 | Luó | |
21. | 梁 | Liáng | |
22. | 宋 | Sòng | |
23. | 鄭 | Zhèng | |
24. | 謝 | Xiè | |
25. | 韓 | Hán | |
26. | 唐 | Táng | |
27. | 馮 | Féng | |
28. | 於 | Yú | |
29. | 董 | Dǒng | |
30. | 蕭 | Xiāo |
Rank | Chinese | Pinyin | |
---|---|---|---|
31. | 程 | Chéng | |
32. | 曹 | Cáo | |
33. | 袁 | Yuán | |
34. | 鄧 | Dèng | |
35. | 許 | Xǔ | |
36. | 傅 | Fù | |
37. | 沈 | Shěn | |
38. | 曾 | Zēng | |
39. | 彭 | Péng | |
40. | 呂 | Lǚ | |
41. | 蘇 | Sū | |
42. | 盧 | Lú | |
43. | 蔣 | Jiǎng | |
44. | 蔡 | Cài | |
45. | 賈 | Jiǎ |


Rank | Chinese | Pinyin | |
---|---|---|---|
46. | 丁 | Dīng | |
47. | 魏 | Wèi | |
48. | 薛 | Xuē | |
49. | 葉 | Yè | |
50. | 閻 | Yán | |
51. | 余 | Yú | |
52. | 潘 | Pān | |
53. | 杜 | Dù | |
54. | 戴 | Dài | |
55. | 夏 | Xià | |
56. | 鐘 | Zhōng | |
57. | 汪 | Wāng | |
58. | 田 | Tián | |
59. | 任 | Rén | |
60. | 姜 | Jiāng |
Rank | Chinese | Pinyin | |
---|---|---|---|
61. | 范 | Fàn | |
62. | 方 | Fāng | |
63. | 石 | Shí | |
64. | 姚 | Yáo | |
65. | 譚 | Tán | |
66. | 盛 | Shèng | |
67. | 鄒 | Zōu | |
68. | 熊 | Xióng | |
69. | 金 | Jīn | |
70. | 陸 | Lù | |
71. | 郝 | Hǎo | |
72. | 孔 | Kǒng | |
73. | 白 | Bái | |
74. | 崔 | Cuī | |
75. | 康 | Kāng |


Rank | Chinese | Pinyin | |
---|---|---|---|
76. | 毛 | Máo | |
77. | 邱 | Qiū | |
78. | 秦 | Qín | |
79. | 江 | Jiāng | |
80. | 史 | Shǐ | |
81. | 顧 | Gù | |
82. | 侯 | Hóu | |
83. | 邵 | Shào | |
84. | 孟 | Mèng | |
85. | 龍 | Lóng | |
86. | 萬 | Wàn | |
87. | 段 | Duàn | |
88. | 章 | Zhāng | |
89. | 錢 | Qián | |
90. | 湯 | Tāng |
Rank | Chinese | Pinyin | |
---|---|---|---|
91. | 尹 | Yǐn | |
92. | 黎 | Lí | |
93. | 易 | Yì | |
94. | 常 | Cháng | |
95. | 武 | Wǔ | |
96. | 喬 | Qiáo | |
97. | 賀 | Hè | |
98. | 賴 | Lài | |
99. | 龔 | Gōng | |
100. | 文 | Wén |
