Yue (surname)
岳 Yue | |
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Family name | |
Pronunciation | Yuè |
Meaning | Mountain |
Yuè is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family name 岳. In places which use the Wade-Giles romanization such as Taiwan, Yue is usually spelled as "Yüeh" or "Yueh".
Yue is also the pinyin transliteration of the surname 樂.
Prominent individuals with the surname Yue 岳
- Yue Fei (岳飛) military general who lived in the Southern Song dynasty
Prominent individuals with the surname Yue 樂
- Yue Jiu (樂就) Military General under Yuan Shu in the Late Han Dynasty
- Yue Jin (樂進) Military General who serve under Warlord Cao Cao in the Late Han Dynasty
- Yue Yi (樂毅) Minister of the states of Zhao and Yan in the Warring States era
- Yue Lin Military general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period