Xǔ (surname)
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| Pronunciation | Xú (Mandarin) Chhî (Hokkien) Tshêu (Teochew) Từ (Vietnamese) |
| Language(s) | Mandarin Chinese |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Meaning | slowly |
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| Variant(s) | Xu, Hsu, Shyu (Mandarin) Chui, Tsui, Choi, Tsua (Cantonese) Chie, Chui (Gan) Sy (Hakka, Ngai) Su, Chi (Hokkien) Cher, Cheu (Teochew) |
| Derivative(s) | Seo |
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| Pronunciation | Xǔ (Mandarin) Khó (Hokkien) Heoi2 (Cantonese) Kóu (Teochew) Hứa(Vietnamese) |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Meaning | to allow |
| Other names | |
| Variant(s) | Xu, Hsu (Mandarin) Hui, Hoi, Hua (Cantonese) Khor, Khaw, Ko (Hokkien) Koh, Khoh, Kho (Teochew) Hii, Hee (Fuzhou) Hy (Vietnamese) |
| Derivative(s) | Heo |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Xú |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Ceoi4 |
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| Hokkien POJ | Su, Ts'i |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Xǔ |
| Wade–Giles | hsü |
Xu are two surnames of Chinese origin. It can be a pinyin transliteration of one of two Chinese surnames, both of which are transliterated as Hsü in the Wade–Giles system, and sometimes spelled without the diaeresis as Hsu.
As of 2007, 徐 was listed as the 11th most common surname within the People's Republic of China, and 許/许 was the 26th most common according to the List of common Chinese surnames.
In Cantonese, 許/许 is systemically transcribed in Jyutping as Heoi and in Yale Romanization as Héui; customary spellings include Hui, Hoi, or Hooi; 徐 is often transcribed as Tsui, T'sui, Choi, Chui or even Tsua.
In Southern Min, 許/许 is transcribed in Pe̍h-ōe-jī as Khó, in Teochew as Kóu, and customarily spelled Koh, Khoh, Khor, Khaw, or Ko. In Gan, it can be spelled Hi or Hé. For Hoa people the name is written as Hái or Hy in Vietnamese. Other spellings include Hee and Hu.
In Japanese, the surname 徐 is transliterated as Omomuro, and in Sino-Japanese as Jo. The Korean pronunciation, using the Yale romanization system, is Seo. 許/许 in Japanese is transliterated as Yurusu, Bakari, or Moto, and in Sino-Japanese as Kyo or Ko. The Korean pronunciation, using the Yale romanization system, is Huh, He or Ho.
Each time a Chinese character is pronounced in Sino-Japanese (on reading), Sino-Korean (Hanja), or Sino-Vietnamese (Hán tự), its transcription changes. In Sino-Vietnamese, the character 徐 is pronounced Từ and 许 is pronounced Hứa (surname), or hử (adverb) or hổ (onomatopoeia).
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