Xie
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Xie 謝 (traditional) / 谢 (simplified) is a Chinese family name; it is estimated that there are about 2 million people with this surname, with most of them living in China.
The spelling of the same Chinese character in (Taiwan) is Hsieh or Shieh.
The Cantonese spelling of the same Chinese character is Tse or Tze.
The Minnan (Hokkien) and Teochew spelling of the same Chinese character is Chia or Sia
The Vietnamese version of the same Chinese character is Ta.
In Malaysia, the name is sometimes spelled Cheah, Seah or Chia.
In the United States, the name is sometimes spelled as Zia.
In the Philippines, the name is also spelt as Sese.
In the Indonesia, the name is also spelt as Tjhia or Tjia.
The name was a prominent aristocratic family name in the Jin Dynasty of China.
Famous Xie's include:
- Xie An (320–385), Chinese statesman and prime minister of the Jin Dynasty
- Xie Jun (*1970), Chinese chess champion
- Xie Shiguang (1917–2005), Chinese Catholic Bishop
- Helen Zia (*1952), Chinese-American writer and feminist
- Empress Xie Fanjing (謝梵境) was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Liu Song.
- Amy Tse Sui-wah
- Xie He (謝赫), Chinese writer, art historian and critic in the 6th century.
- Nicholas Tse (謝霆鋒), Hong Kong based singer and actor
- Patrick Tse (謝賢), Actor, producer, screenwriter and director in Hong Kong cinema.
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[edit] Origin of Xie
Located somewhere in present-day Henan province. Zhou Xuan Wang (827–781 bc) of the Western Zhou dynasty, granted this area to his mother's family, and the descendants of Shen Bo(mother's brother) adopted the place name Xie as their surname. Xie means 'to thank'.
[edit] Xie Historical Family Tree and Alliances
During the Eastern Jin and the Southern Dynasties period, the Yuan (袁) clan of the Chen (陳) state established extensive marriage alliances with the major clans Wang 王, Xiao 萧, and especially the Xie 謝, whose ancestral lands were in the same commandery of Chen.
Chen You Liang (陳友諒), a fisherman from the Ming Dynasty was originally from the Xie clan, but his ancestors married into the Chen family and adopted the Chen surname because they only had daughters and no sons to carry on the family line.
[edit] What does it mean?
When used as a verb, Xie means : to express gratitude; to thank. When used as a noun, it means : gratitude; thanks.
e.g. Xie Xie Ni = thanking you or thank you.
[edit] How do you read it?
Xie is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin word 謝. An "x" in pinyin is similar to an English "sh", except that the tip of the tongue touches just below the lower front teeth instead of being curled up against the roof of the mouth. The "ie" in Xie sounds like "ye". It should be pronounced with a downward inflection. It should not be read as "zee" or "shay", which are common mistakes made by Westerners.
