Posted by lisa chan on January 30, 2001 at 14:33:13:
In Reply to: surname search posted by Zanap Ahsing on January 29, 2001 at 05:58:52:
In many Chinese dialects just saying the last name is considered improper so the sound Ah was added to the beginning. There is no meaning to Ah. You would need to know something of your origins to know what Sing would be in Chinese. Ex. Village, dialect, where did the transliteration take place (Mexico, US etc would use different spelling for same Chinese character)