Chu (Chinese surname)
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Chu is the pinyin romanization of several different Chinese family names, which including 楚 Chǔ, 儲/储 Chǔ, 褚 Chǔ, 觸/触 Chù, etc. In the Wade-Giles romanization system, Chu is also a transliteration for 朱 (Zhu in Hanyu Pinyin), also can refer to several Chinese family names. In Hong Kong, Macao, this is also the spelling for the surname 朱. In Taiwan, the last name Chu is also used to refer to 朱(Zhu in pinyin), 曲(Qu in pinyin), 祝(Zhù in Pinyin), etc.
Notable people named Chu[]
楚 Chǔ[]
The name is transliterated as in Vietnamese. Some people think this surname originated from Viscount Xiong Yi, the founder of Chu State in Western Zhou Dynasty. After Qin conquered Chu, the royal family of Chu took their countries’ name as their surname.[citation needed]
- Chu Liuxiang, fictional protagonist of Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang Series
- Chu Qing (born 1923), politician
- Arthur Chu, Taiwanese American columnist and former Jeopardy! contestant
儲/储 Chǔ[]
11th on the Hundred Family Surnames.
- Chu Anping, scholar and liberal journalist in the 20th century
- Chu Bo (born 1944), politician
褚 Chǔ[]
It is the 11th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
- Chu Suiliang, politician and calligrapher in Tang Dynasty
- Chu Shijian (1928–2019), businessman
- Chu Yupu (Chinese: 褚玉璞; 1887–1929) Chinese general who served under Yuan Shikai and later Zhang Zongchang
See also[]
- Surnames
- Chinese-language surnames
- Multiple Chinese surnames