Chinese Chinese Name

Xu Wikipedia

Xu can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:

#徐 (pinyin X?, also spelled Hsü or Tsui)
#許 (Traditional Chinese|traditional) or 许 (Simplified Chinese|simplified), (pinyin Xǔ, also spelled Hui)

In this context it is pronounced somewhat like Shoo.

Famous people surnamed 徐:

• Xu Bing, artist

• Xu Huang, character from Romance of the Three Kingdoms

• Xu Jun, chess player

• 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, Communist Party of China|Chinese Communist military leader

• Xu Zhimo, author

• Xu, Zhenya, Well-known Lingustist, Computer Scientist, and Educator.

• Tsui Hark, film director

• Vivian Hsu, actress

• Philip Jaisohn, first Korean-American citizen

Famous people surnamed 許/许:

• Xu Chu, Wei general

• Xu Dishan, author

• Xu Shen, Han dynasty dictionary compiler

• Evonne Hsu, singer

• Hsu Hsin-liang, Taiwanese politician

• Samuel Hui, musician

• Michael Hui, filmmaker

Non-Chinese meanings

• Xu is a minor currency of Vietnam. 100 xu = 1 Dong (currency)|dong.

• Xu is the creator god of the Bushmen of Africa.

• Xu is a minor character in Final Fantasy VIII.

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Category:Chinese family names

Last Modified:   2005-04-13