Yú (surname 余)
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Not to be confused with Yu (surname 于).
Yúe (Chinese: 余; pinyin: Yúe) is one of the Chinese family names. It is listed as the 90th surname in the "Hundred Family Surnames". It is also sometimes translated to Yee, the Taishanese spelling, in English. The name is transliterated as Dư in Vietnamese but is very rare in Vietnam. In Indonesia, it is transliterated as Oe (from Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Û) It is the 90th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[1]
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Pronunciation | Yúe (Mandarin) Yee, Woo, Oe (Hokkien) Yue, Yue, Yee, Eu (Cantonese) Yi, Yee (Gan Chinese, Xiang Chinese, Sze yap) Er (Teochew) |
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Language(s) | Chinese |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Middle Chinese |
Word/name | the area of Fengxiang (鳳翔) to Xianyang (咸陽) in Shaanxi. |
Meaning | "surplus" |
Other names | |
Cognate(s) | You (由) |
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