"我们姓王。"

Translation: Our last name is Wang.

[codelimavictor]

Wouldn't 'Our last names are Wang' work as well?

[PALewis88]

If I was talking about my family, then I would say "Our last name is Lewis."

If I happened to be with a bunch of people, who were not related to me but happened to also have Lewis as their last names, I would want to say "Our last names are Lewis"

[MaleMenaldo]

The (exact) translation for "Our" isn't it "我们的"?

[Shauncho49]

I thought the same thing at first. After some research I found out that 姓 is actually a verb meaning 'to be surnamed' or 'to have the surname' so what you're really saying here is "We are surnamed Wang". So in this case, you don't need 的 because you don't really want to say "Our are surnamed Wang".

[Facebagel]

Quite a useful fact, that had me stumped for a while. Thank you Shauncho!

[Arthur3838]

You can say '我们的姓' for 'our surname' but for personal things such as names, relatives and your home, you can miss out the 的. If your not sure about something though, you should always use 的 to be safe.

[Dana438930]

You can omit de as a possessive (it's optional) if it's something personal, like "my mom" could be written as wo mama

[celyn3]

We have the last name Wang.

[Sean_D_Kelly]

God I hate Swype.

[WhiteIce777]

Why is "we are surnamed Wang" wrong?

[Danrocks35]

This was a bit hard, thanks

[playfuldimples]

We are the Wangs work as well. This would not be a mistake. Please update. Thanks.

[KendalConr]

们 = 們

[KendalConr]

我們姓王。

[wbeeman]

In one correction I got "We are surnamed Wang" which is very strange English. I am not even sure surname is a proper verb. I get that we must make a distinction between given name and surname, but "family name" might also do

[savva60]

Would "We are of Wang" work?

[PaulBobenh]

We are one.
We are many.
We are Wang.

[linda261317]

Isnt it supposed to be
我们的姓王

[KeithWong9]

Either 我们姓王 (姓 used as a verb) or 我们的姓是王 (姓 used as a noun)

[Jaakthecutestdog]

no that just doesn't sound correct

[Rob472158]

we are the wangs should be allowed imo.

[A4gxhTAq]

this is wrong. this means my last name is wang

[KeithWong9]

No, 我们 is we, not I.

[Rich992347]

It doesn't like the way I say it. My wife told me I said it correctly. It didn't like the way she says it either, and she was born and raised in China.

[deactivated user]

I think it is more logical to translate it as 'my family name is ' or 'my surname is' rather than 'my first name is' since we are all aware that when Chiinese give their full name it comes first with the given name to follow.

[Kasigirl]

Soooooo eas3

[jsyimn]

I wrote "We have the last name Wang" and it's wrong :(

[Tan_1701]

姓is not last name. Is surname. Our surname is Wong. Not last name. Surname is for family surname.