Chu (Chinese surname)

Chu is the pinyin romanization of several different Chinese family names, which including 楚 Chǔ, 储 Chǔ, 褚 Chǔ, 触 Chù, etc.

But in the Wade-Giles romanization system, Chu stands for Zhu in pinyin, also can refer to several Chinese family names.

Notable people named Chu

楚 Chǔ

The name is transliterated as Sở in Vietnamese

• Chu Liuxiang, fictional protagonist of Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang Series
• Chu Qing (b.1923), politician

储 Chǔ

• Chu Anping, scholar and liberal journalist in 20th century
• Chu Bo (b. 1944), politician

褚 Chǔ

• Chu Suiliang, politician and calligrapher in Tang Dynasty

See also

• Zhu