Nearly 20,000 surnames lost in China

时间：2007-02-08 00:44:13

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Chinanews, Beijing, February 7 – According to the statistics1 from Yuan Yida, an expert on Chinese surnames2, there are only 4,100 surnames in China, while there were some 24,000 in the past.

 

Yuan collected the statistics from some 300 million people. He has found that most current surnames consist of only one Chinese character, covering most common Chinese characters, despite that there are some surnames that can not be found even in large dictionaries.

 

Many Chinese can't believe that there are only 4,100 surnames left in China. “In fact, there might be less than 4,100 surnames currently3, as we have only found records of some rare surnames, but unable to find any persons with them,” said Yuan.

 
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1 statistics iGyzb     
n.统计，统计数字，统计学
参考例句：
  • We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
  • Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。
2 surnames 620c8c6e564e545c317a50cbec6fd47b     
n.姓( surname的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Everybody called each other by their surnames. 大家相互之间都以姓氏相称。 来自辞典例句
  • The author index has entries arranged in alphabetical order of author's surnames. 著者索引中有按著者姓氏字母顺序排列的著录。 来自辞典例句
3 currently SvMzI2     
adv.通常地，普遍地，当前
参考例句：
  • Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
  • Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

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