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Guo
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This article is about the Chinese surname. For other uses, see Guo (disambiguation). For the Gǒu, the surname written 笱, see Gou (surname).
"Kwok" redirects here. For the cooking pot, see wok.
"Kuo" redirects here. For the language, see Kuo language.
"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese. It can also be transliterated as Cok, Gou, Quo, Quach, Quek, Que, Keh, Kuo, Kwo, Kuoch, Kok, Koc, Kwee, Kwek, Kwik, Kwok, Kuok, Kuek, Gock, Koay, or Ker. The Korean equivalent is spelled Kwak; the Vietnamese equivalent is Quách.
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Pronunciation | Guō (Mandarin Pinyin) Gwok3 (Cantonese Jyutping) Koeh / Keh (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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Language(s) | Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese |
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Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Derivation | State of Western Guo |
Meaning | "outer city wall" |
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Variant form(s) | Kwok, Guok (Cantonese) Guo, Kuo (Mandarin) Kue, Koay, Kwek, Quek, Kwik (Hokkien) Kue, Koay, Quek (Teochew) Kuncoro, Kusuma, Kartono etc. (Indonesia) Kuoch (Khmer - Cambodian) Quách (Vietnamese) Kwak (Korean) Kaku (Japanese) |
Derivative(s) | Quách, Kwak |
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The different ways of spelling this surname indicate the origin of the family. For example, the Cantonese "Kwok" originated in Hong Kong and the surrounding area. In the Philippines, the spelling is "Que", "Ke", "Quepe", and "Kepa". In 2019, Guo was the 16th most common surname in mainland China.[2]