Xie (surname)
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| Pronunciation | Xiè (Pinyin) Siā (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
| Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean |
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| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Word/Name | Descendants of Yuyang |
| Derivation | State of Xie |
| Meaning | to thank |
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| Variant(s) | Xie, Hsieh (Mandarin) Tse, Tze, Che, Jay (Cantonese) Chia, Cheah, Sia (Hokkien) Chia (Teochew) Zhia, Zia (Shanghainese) Sa (Korean) Tạ (Vietnamese) |
Xie ([ɕi̯ê]) (simplified Chinese: 谢; traditional Chinese: 謝; pinyin: Xiè; Wade–Giles: Hsieh4) is a Chinese family name; it is estimated that there are about ten million people in China with this surname, the majority of whom live in southern China, and a 2013 study found that Xie was the 23rd most common surname in China, with 0.79% of the population having this surname. The greater majority of Xie members are also members of the Hakka people of the greater Han ethnicity.
The surname originated in two major branches: during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, and near the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty. It was a prominent aristocratic clan in the Eastern Jin dynasty of China. The hometown of the Xie is Kaifeng, Henan Province.
There is a less common surname with the same pronunciation but different writing (解).
The spelling of the same Chinese character using Wade–Giles romanization is Hsieh. The spelling "Hsieh" is most commonly used in Taiwan and in older romanizations. "Hsieh" tends to be incorrectly pronounced as "Shay" by those attempting to read it using English orthography. However, other variations are pronounced "Sh'eh" and the spelling is sometimes modified as Shieh.
The Cantonese spelling of the same Chinese character is Tse or Tze and the Taishanese spelling of the same Chinese character is Dea, Der, Dare, or Dear. The Min Nan (Hokkien) and Teochew spelling of the same Chinese character is Chia, Cheah, or Sia.
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