Xu (surname)
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Xu can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:
- traditional Chinese: 徐; pinyin: Xú; Wade-Giles: hsü2, also spelled Hsu or Tsui or Eu
- traditional Chinese: 許; simplified Chinese: 许; pinyin: Xǔ; Wade-Giles: hsü3, also spelled Hui or Hii
They are both pronounced somewhat like shoo, with the oo pronounced as in the French u or German ü, a sound with no exact equivalent most dialects of English. In Chinese, the pronunciations of the two names differ in tone: Xú and Xǔ. In Korean, the name is pronounced Seo.
[edit] People surnamed 徐 Xú:
- Xu Hui, Table Tennis player
- Xu Xin, Table Tennis player
- Xu Beihong, painter
- Xu Bing, artist
- Xu Da, Ming dynasty general
- Xu Demei, Chinese javelin thrower
- Xu Guangqi, Ming dynasty scholar-official
- Xu Huang, Cao Wei general
- 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
- Tsui Hark, film director
- Paula Tsui, retired pop singer from Hong Kong
- Tsui Po Ko, renegade officer in the Hong Kong Police Force
- Vivian Hsu, actress
- Philip Jaisohn, first Korean-American citizen
- Seo Jang Geum, lead lady in the popular Korean TV series Dae Jang Geum
[edit] Famous people surnamed 許/许 Xǔ:
- Xu Chu, Cao 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
- Andy Hui, singer, actor
- Hsu Wei Lun (1978 – 2007), Taiwanese actress
- Vanessa Koh, singer, actress
