Question: where is the surname written in a chinese name
Answer: first

title: Chinese name
text: Chinese name Chinese personal names are pet names used by those from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora overseas. Due to China's historical dominance of East Asian culture, many names used in Korea and Vietnam are adaptations of Chinese names, or have historical roots in Chinese, with appropriate adaptation to accommodate linguistic differences. Modern Chinese names consist of a surname known as xing (, "xìng"), which comes first and is usually but not always monosyllabic, followed by a personal name called ming (, "míng"), which is nearly always mono- or disyllabic. Prior to the 20th century,