Chee (surname)
Chee is a Chinese surname. It may refer to the Min Nan/Hokkien pronunciation of the Chinese surname pronounced Xú (徐) in Mandarin. Notable people with the surname include: 徐 * Chee Kim Thong (1920–2001), Chinese martial artist * Chee Soon Juan (born 1962), Singaporean politician * Chee Hong Tat (born 1974), Singaporean politician 朱 * Jason Chee Weng Fai (born 1983), Singaporean para table tennis player 齐 * Pamelyn Chee, 21st century Singaporean actress Chee * Alexander Chee (born 1967), American writer *Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977), Canadian painter * Chee Wan Hoe (born 1971), Malaysian footballer * Karen Chee (born 1995), American comedian and essayist *Robert Chee (1937–1972), Navajo artist * Traci Chee, (born 1985), American writer * Chee Dodge (1860–1947), Navajo leader Fictional characters *Jim Chee, Navajo Tribal Police detective in the novels of Tony Hillerman See also *Chee (given name) Chee is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name incl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Min Nan
Southern Min (), Minnan (Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan (many citizens are descendants of settlers from Fujian), Eastern Guangdong, Hainan, and Southern Zhejiang. The Minnan dialects are also spoken by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora, most notably the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City. It is the most populous branch of Min Chinese, spoken by an estimated 48 million people in c. 2017–2018. In common parlance and in the narrower sense, Southern Min refers to the Quanzhang or Hokkien-Taiwanese variety of Southern Min originating from Southern Fujian in Mainland China. This is spoken mainly in Fujian, Taiwan, as well as certain parts of Southeast Asia. The Quanzhang variety is often called simply "Minnan Proper". It i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hokkien
The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages in Taiwan, and it is also widely spoken within the Chinese diaspora in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia; and by other overseas Chinese beyond Asia and all over the world. The Hokkien 'dialects' are not all mutually intelligible, but they are held together by ethnolinguistic identity. Taiwanese Hokkien is, however, mutually intelligible with the 2 to 3 million speakers in Xiamen and Singapore. In Southeast Asia, Hokkien historically served as the '' lingua franca'' amongst overseas Chinese communities of all dialects and subgroups, and it remains today as the most spoken variety of Chinese in the region, including in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and some parts of Indochina (part ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chee Kim Thong
Chee Kim Thong (; 1920–2001) was a Shaolin martial arts grandmaster. Chee was born on 19 May 1920 in a village near Putian, Fujian, China. The son of You Yuan, a Fujianese merchant, Grandmaster Chee Kim Thong's apprenticeship to Chinese martial arts began as a child. His natural ability, combined with a family tradition of excelling in the martial arts – his grandmother was a recognised master of Monkey Boxing (Hou Quan) - prepared him well for the traditional Lei Tai contests. He won many titles in these provincial tournaments. Lineage :Grandmaster Chee Kim Thong acknowledged four masters, although a fifth included, Ye Neo (sister of his Wuzuquan Master, Great :Grandmaster Lin Xian): :*Great Grandmaster Toh Yit Choon: :His first master, Head of the Household Guard of Dr Sun Yat Sen (First president of the Republic of China), and responsible for teaching Grandmaster Chee Northern Shaolin styles and systems. :*Great Grandmaster Lin Xian [Lim Hian]: :Grandmaster Chee’s Fiv ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chee Soon Juan
Chee Soon Juan is a Singaporean politician, activist and former lecturer who has been serving as Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party since 1993. Prior to entering politics in 1992, upon Chiam See Tong's invitation to join the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), Chee was a lecturer at the National University of Singapore. Chee subsequently succeeded Chiam as the party's secretary-general after Chiam, whom Chee and the rest of the party's leadership have had a number of disagreements, left the party. The party had three Parliament of Singapore, Members of Parliament (MPs) at the time Chee took over as secretary-general, but lost all its seats at the 1997 Singaporean general election, 1997 general election and has not had any elected members since. Chee was arrested and jailed several times for his unconventional political activities, mainly for making unauthorised public speeches as well as staging demonstrations without a police permit. He was also found guilty o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chee Hong Tat
Chee Hong Tat ( zh, s=徐芳达, p=Xú Fāngdá; born 1973) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for Finance since 2022 and Senior Minister of State for Transport since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Toa Payoh West–Thomson division of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC since 2015. Before entering politics, Chee had worked at various Ministries and was Principal Private Secretary to Lee Kuan Yew from 2008 to 2011. He was also the Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Market Authority between 2011 and 2015 before he resigned to run for election in the 2015 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC. After the PAP team won with 73.59% of the vote, Chee became a Member of Parliament representing the Toa Payoh West–Balestier ward of Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC. Since then, he had retained his parliamentary seat in the 202 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jason Chee Weng Fai
Chee Weng Fai Jason (; born 26 January 1983), also known as Jason Chee, is a Singaporean para table tennis player who had won gold medals at multiple editions of the ASEAN Para Games. Early life and education Chee was born in 1983 in Singapore to parents, Chee Kwok Chor and Chua Ah Lek His father, Chee, of Shanghainese descent, worked as a vegetable seller until his retirement in 2011. His mother, Chua, was a seamstress who died in 2011 due to kidney failure at the age of 65. Chee studied at Westlake Primary School, Guangyang Secondary School and then Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Military career While at Guangyang Secondary School, Chee joined the Boys' Brigade due to his admiration of their uniforms and marching. After his polytechnic education, Chee enlisted in the Republic of Singapore Navy. He served as a Military Expert-2 on board the ''RSS Endeavour'' at Changi Naval Base. On 10 December 2012, Chee had a serious accident when he was caught between a motorised winch and a berth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pamelyn Chee
Pamelyn Chee () is a Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...an actress. She recently completed work on Eddie Huang's Boogie by Focus Features. She was also in the feature sequel Beyond Skyline, alongside Frank Grillo and Iko Uwais. She also guest-starred on Freeform's Stitchers. She played the titular role in HBO Asia's Grace, headlining the show with Russell Wong. This show was nominated for 8 awards at the Asian Television Awards. She also starred alongside Joan Chen and Chin Han, Don Hany, and Michael Dorman in HBO Asia's Serangoon Road. The show was nominated for an "AACTA" for best drama series in Australia. Pamelyn was discovered on Youtube by Heidi Levitt for Wayne Wang's TIFF darling feature Princess of Nebraska, speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Chee
Alexander Chee (born August 21, 1967) is an American fiction writer, poet, journalist and reviewer. Born in Rhode Island, he spent his childhood in South Korea, Kauai, Chuuk Lagoon, Truk, Guam and Maine. He attended Wesleyan University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Career Chee's short fiction appeared in the anthologies ''Best American Erotica 2007, A Fictional History of the US (With Huge Chunks Missing), Men on Men 2000'', ''His 3,'' and his personal essays in'' Out, From Boys To Men, Loss Within Loss, Boys Like Us, The M Word,'' and ''The Man I Might Become.'' His essay "I, Reader" was selected for inclusion in the Notable Essays list of the 2011 edition of the ''Best American Essays'', and his essay "Girl," was included in ''The Best American Essays, Best American Essays 2016.'' His short stories and essays have also appeared in magazines and journals such as ''The New York Times Book Review, Tin House, Slate (magazine), Slate, Guernica (magazine), Guernica, NPR''. Chee's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Benjamin Chee Chee
Kenneth Thomas Chee Chee (26 March 1944 – 14 March 1977), known as Benjamin Chee Chee, was an Ojibwa Canadian artist born in Temagami, Ontario. Early life Chee Chee's early life was troubled and he lost track of his mother, for whom he spent many years searching. He moved to Montreal in 1965 where he developed his love of drawing, and moved back to Ottawa in 1973. ] Career Chee Chee's first exhibition was held in 1973 at the University of Ottawa. Soon after he gained fame as he developed his unique style of clear graceful lines and minimal colour, depicting birds and animals. Though his art featured a great deal of iconography often used by Canadian First Nations artists, Chee Chee had denied his art had symbolic meaning. He instead referred to the animals featured in his art as "creatures of the present". He also specifically referred to himself as an Ojibway artist, as opposed to allowing himself to be categorized under the broader net of simply an "Indian" artist. Death ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chee Wan Hoe
Chee Wan Hoe (born 9 December 1971) is a Malaysian former footballer. He formerly played with Perak FA and Penang FA. He also the former member of Malaysia Olympic Team (Malaysia U-23) in 1991. Career Wan Hoe is one of the longest serving player for Penang FA. He help the team to win the 1998 and 2001 Malaysia Premier League I. In 2002, he helped Penang to win their first Malaysia FA Cup title by beating his former team Perak. On the next season, he clinch the Charity Shield with Penang. Wan Hoe retired from professional football after the 2007 season ended. He was the longest serving team captain for Penang FA. Honours Penang FA * Malaysia Premier 1 League: 1998, 2001 * Malaysia FA Cup: 2002 * Malaysia Charity Shield Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...: 2003 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karen Chee
Karen Chee is an American comedian and writer. She has been a staff writer for ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' since January 2019. Early life and career Chee's parents emigrated to the United States from South Korea. Chee originally wanted to become a speechwriter, but became interested in pursuing professional comedy by the time she enrolled at Harvard College. During college, she was president of The Immediate Gratification Players, an improvisational comedy trope, and founded a sketch comedy show. Chee interned at ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'' and ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'', where she appeared on air alongside Keegan-Michael Key. She contributed to publications including McSweeney's, ''Reductress'', and ''The New Yorker''. She also wrote for the 2019 Golden Globes for hosts Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh. In early 2019, Chee joined ''Late Night with Seth Meyers''. She has appeared on air for a recurring segment called ''What Does Karen Know?'', in which Meyers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Chee
Robert Chee, also known as Hashke-Yil-Cale (1937–1971) was a Navajo contemporary artist and author. He is best known for his painting and serigraphy, but he also worked as an illustrator, and weaver. Early life and education Robert Chee was born on December 14, 1937, in St. Michaels, Arizona. In early age, he attended school in Bellemont. His artistic talent was recognized in childhood, he started painting at age 10. Chee was enrolled in the Intermountain Indian School, where he studied under Allan Houser. He had been a member of Tewa Enterprises (around 1951), the Native American printmaking group. Career From 1958 to 1961, Chee served in the United States Army and painted murals at army bases including one in Mainz, Germany. In 1959 and 1960, Chee won first prize at the Navajo Tribal Fair, and the Gallup Ceremonials in 1966. In 1963, Chee won first prize at the Philbrook Art Center (now known as the Philbrook Museum of Art). Chee's favorite medium to work in was watercol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |