Zou (surname)
![]() Zou surname in regular script | |
Romanization | Zōu (Pinyin) Chau (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Tsou (Wade-Giles) |
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Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Derivation | Zou (state) |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Zou, Tsou (Mandarin) Chow (Hong Kong) Chou (Teochew) Chau, Chao (Hokkien) Trâu (Vietnamese) |
Cognate(s) | Zhu 朱 |
Zou (simplified Chinese: 邹; traditional Chinese: 鄒; Wade–Giles: Tsou) is the 67th most common Chinese surname, which originated from the state of Zou of the Spring and Autumn period in ancient China.[1] Depending on Chinese variety, Zou can be transliterated as Chow, Chau, Tsau, Trau, Tsou or Chew. It is the 35th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Notable people[]
- Zou Yan (鄒衍), Chinese philosopher best known as the representative thinker of the Yin and Yang School (or School of Naturalists) during the Hundred Schools of Thought era
- Zou Rong, anti-Qing revolutionary
- Zou Zhe: 鄒喆; pinyin: Zōu Zhé; Wade–Giles: Tsou Che 1636-ca. 1708), Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty
- Zou Taofen, journalist
- Zou Jiahua, Vice Premier of China, son of Zou Taofen
- Chen-Lu Tsou, Chinese biochemist
- (deputy prime minister, Song Dynasty)[1]
- (judge, Ming Dynasty)[1]
- (judge, Qing Dynasty)[1]
- Olivia Chow (鄒至蕙; born 1957), Canadian politician, federal New Democratic Party (NDP) member of Parliament
- Collin Chou, Taiwanese-born Hong Kong-based actor
- Shuping Wang, original surname Zou, Chinese-American medical researcher and public health whistleblower
- Zou Taixin (邹太新; born 1966) Chinese former politician
- Zou Yuchen (邹雨宸; born 1996) Chinese male professional basketball player
- Zou Yu (邹瑜; born 1920), politician of the People's Republic
- Zou Yucheng (邹宇成; pinyin: Zōu Yǔchéng; born 1991), Chinese footballer
- Zou Yigui (邹一桂, 1686–1772), style name as Yuanbao (原褒), sobriquet
- Zou Lunlun (simplified Chinese: 邹伦伦; traditional Chinese: 鄒倫倫; pinyin: Zōu Lúnlún), player and teacher of the guzheng, a Chinese zither
- Zou Dehai (Chinese: 邹德海; pinyin: Zōu Déhǎi; born 1993), Chinese footballer who plays for Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super
- Zou Zhenxian (邹振先; born 1955), Chinese triple jumper
References[]
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