Chee is a Chinese surname. It may refer to the
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 ...
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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 ...
pronunciation of the Chinese surname pronounced
Xú (徐) in Mandarin. Notable people with the surname include:
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Chee Kim Thong (1920–2001), Chinese martial artist
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Chee Soon Juan (born 1962), Singaporean politician
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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 Pe ...
(born 1974), Singaporean politician
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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 t ...
(born 1983), Singaporean para table tennis player
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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 ...
, 21st century Singaporean actress
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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 I ...
(born 1967), American writer
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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 spen ...
(1944–1977), Canadian painter
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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 pl ...
(born 1971), Malaysian footballer
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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 ...
(born 1995), American comedian and essayist
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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 ...
(1937–1972), Navajo artist
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Traci Chee, (born 1985), American writer
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Chee Dodge
Henry Chee Dodge (1860–1947), also known in Navajo
The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation i ...
(1860–1947), Navajo leader
Fictional characters
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Jim Chee
Jim Chee is one of two Navajo Tribal Police detectives in a series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman. Unlike his superior Joe Leaphorn, the "Legendary Lieutenant", Chee is a staunch believer in traditional Navajo culture; indeed, he is studyin ...
, Navajo Tribal Police detective in the novels of Tony Hillerman
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Chee (given name) Chee is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Chee Dodge (1860–1947), American politician
* Chee Soo (1919–1994), English writer
See also
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* Chee (surname)
* Chet (given name), English masculine given name
*Ji (Korean ...
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