Xu
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Xu can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:
- Traditional Chinese: 徐; Hanyu Pinyin: Xú; Wade-Giles: hsü2, also spelled Hsu or Tsui or Eu
- Traditional Chinese: 許; Simplified Chinese: 许; Hanyu Pinyin: Xǔ; Wade-Giles: hsü3, also spelled Hui or Hii
In this context it is pronounced somewhat like Shoo or simply Shh.
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[edit] Famous people surnamed 徐:
- Xu Beihong, painter
- 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, Chinese Communist military leader
- Xu Zhimo, author
- Xu Hang, entrepreneur
- Xu, Zhenya, Well-known Lingustist, Computer Scientist, and Educator.
- Tsui Hark, film director
- Paula Tsui, retired pop singer from Hong Kong
- Vivian Hsu, actress
- Philip Jaisohn, first Korean-American citizen
- Xu Jianke, Scientist
[edit] 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, actor
- Michael Hui, filmmaker
- Xu Jian-Ru, Well-known Chinese-American businesswoman
- Andy Hui, singer, actor
- Zhirui (Richard C Hsu), President of the Alpha of California Chapter of the Sigma Phi Society, heir to the Aisin Gioro Taiwanese branch, 17th Marquess of I Lan.
[edit] Non-Chinese meanings
- !Xu is another name for the !Kung group of Bushmen, and may refer to the !Kung language, the !Kung people, or !Xu, the creator god of the !Kung.
- Xu is a minor currency of Vietnam. 100 xu = 1 dong.
- Xu is a minor character in Final Fantasy VIII.
- "xu" is the symbol of the X unit.
- "XU" was a clandestine intelligence organisation working on behalf of Allied powers in occupied Norway during World War II. XU
- "xU" is the name of a musician also known as Dr.U
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