Xu (surname)
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Xu can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:
- Chinese: 徐; pinyin: Xú; Wade–Giles: hsü2, also spelled Hsu (Wade-Giles Hsü) or Chui or Tsui or Tu or Eu
- simplified Chinese: 许; traditional Chinese: 許; pinyin: Xǔ; Wade–Giles: hsü3, also spelled Hui or Hii
They are both pronounced somewhat like shoo, with the oo pronounced as in the French u or German ü, a sound with no exact equivalent most dialects of English. In Chinese, the pronunciations of the two names differ in tone: Xú and Xǔ.
In Jyutping, 許/许 is written as Heoi2, in Pe̍h-ōe-jī as Khó·, in Gan Hi/Hé, in Min Nan (spoken in Singapore and Malaysia), the name is written as Koh/Khoh/Khor/Khaw. In Cantonese, it is written as Hui/Hooi/Hua. Other written froms are: Hoi4/Kho/Co.
The surname has been adopted in Korea. It is name is pronounced Seo and Heo (also romanized So and Suh). In Japan and the Philippines the name is written as Kyo and Co/Ko.
Chinese immigrants of this last name Xǔ simplified Chinese: 许; traditional Chinese: 許 who emigrated to Vietnam translated the name to Hứa. Vietnamese of Chinese heritage with the last name Hứa are not related to those with the last name Hua in Mandarin.
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[edit] People surnamed 徐 Xú
- Xu Beihong, painter
- Xu Bing, artist
- Xu Da, Ming dynasty general
- Xu Deshuai, a Hong Kong footballer playing for South China.
- Xu Demei, Chinese javelin thrower
- Xu Guangqi, Ming dynasty scholar-official
- Xu Huang, Cao Wei general
- Xu Jun, chess player
- Xu Ling, writer and editor
- Xu Sheng, 3rd century general
- Xu Shichang, President of Republic of China (Beiyang Government)
- Xu Shouhui, Yuan dynasty rebel leader
- Xu Wei, Ming dynasty painter
- Xu Xiake, writer
- Xu Xiangqian, Chinese Communist military leader
- Xu Yuan, footballer
- Xu Zhimo, author
- Tsui Hark, film director
- Sam Tsui
- Paula Tsui, retired pop singer from Hong Kong
- Tsui Po Ko, renegade officer in the Hong Kong Police Force
- Vivian Hsu, actress
[edit] Seo
- Philip Jaisohn, first Korean to become a U.S. citizen
- So Ji-sub, actor
[edit] People surnamed 許/许 Xǔ
The name is transliterated as Hứa in Vietnamese.
- Xu Shen, b. 58, Han dynasty dictionary compiler
- Xu Shao, b. 150, commentator
- Xu Yi Lili, b. 1992, painter and tattooer
- Xu Hun Tang Dynasty poet(fl. first half of ninth century)
- Xu Chu, d. 230, Cao Wei general
- Lady Xu Mu, first recorded female poet in Chinese history
- Xu Xiuzhi, b. 1880, politician
- Xu Shiyou, b. 1906, Chinese general
- Kenneth Hsu, b. 1929, scientist
- Hsu Hsin-liang, b. 1941, Taiwanese politician
- Michael Hui, b. 1942, filmmaker
- Samuel Hui, b. 1948, musician and actor
- Andy Hui 許志安, b. 1967, Hong Kong singer, actor, quarter of Big Four and 1st runner up of the 5th annual New Talent Singing Awards
- Dasmond Koh, b. 1972, radio and TV personality
- Valen Hsu, b. 1974, singer-songwriter
- Beatrice Hsu, b. 1978, actress
- Hsu Wei Lun (1978 – 2007), Taiwanese actress
- Evonne Hsu, b. 1979, singer
- Peggy Hsu, b. 1981, singer-songwriter
- Xu Dishan, b. 1983, author
- Xu Xin, b. 1990, Chinese table tennis player
- Hee Yit Foong, politician
- Feng-hsiung Hsu, computer scientist and author
