Tsui is a surname. It is an alternative transcription of two Chinese surnames, namely Cuī () and Xú ().

Origins

Tsui may be an alternative transliteration of two separate

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

s, listed below by their

Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

transliteration (which reflects the

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

pronunciation): * Cuī (), which originated as a toponymic surname from a fief by that name in the state of Qi; a grandson of

Jiang Ziya Jiang Ziya ( century BC – century BC), also known by several other names, was a Chinese noble who helped kings Wen and Wu of Zhou overthrow the Shang in ancient China. Following their victory at Muye, he continued to serve ...

renounced his claim to the throne and went to live in that fief, and his descendants took its name as their surname. It is spelled Ts'ui in the Wade–Giles system of transliterating Mandarin (which remains common in Taiwan and was used until the 20th century in other regions). The spelling Tsui may also be based on the Cantonese pronunciation (). * Xú (), which originated as a toponymic surname from the ancient

state of Xu The State of Xu () (also called Xu Rong () or Xu Yi () by its enemies) was an independent Huaiyi state of the Chinese Bronze Age that was ruled by the Ying family () and controlled much of the Huai River valley for at least two centuries. It wa ...

, adopted by the descendants of Boyi after the state was annexed by the

state of Chu Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou hea ...

. The spelling Tsui is based on its Cantonese pronunciation (); it is nearly homophonous with the above surname in Cantonese aside from the differing tone.

Statistics

The

2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...

found 3,168 people with the surname Tsui, making it the 10,180th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 2,725 (10,748th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, more than nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as

Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

, and roughly two percent as White.

People

Academics

Daniel C. Tsui Daniel Chee Tsui (, born February 28, 1939) is a Chinese-born American physicist, Nobel laureate, and the Arthur Legrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Tsui's areas of research include electrical prop ...

(; born 1939), Henan-born American physicist *

Lap-Chee Tsui Lap-Chee Tsui (; born 21 December 1950) is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong. Personal life Tsui was born in Shanghai. He grew up in Kowloon, Hong Kong and att ...

(; born 1950), Shanghai-born Canadian geneticist *

Tsui Tin-Chau Tsui Tin-Chau (born 1958 in Hong Kong) is a Chinese-born Dutchman who is well known in the Chinese community in the Netherlands. His ancestral home is Zhongshan, Guangdong. He emigrated to the Netherlands in 1972. After graduating from secondar ...

(; born 1958), Hong Kong-born Dutch teacher *

Tsui Ming-sum TSUI Ming-sum is Professor and Felizberta Lo Padilla Tong former Dean of Social Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education (CIHE), Hong Kong. He is also adjunct/honorary professor of seven other universities. Before joining CIHE, he was Prof ...

(), Hong Kong social scientist

Athletes

Tsui Fang-hsuan Tsui Fang-hsuan (born 8 March 1984) is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner. She won a bronze medal in heavyweight at the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships. She won a silver medal at the 2004 Asian Taekwondo Championships, and a bronze medal at ...

(born 1984), Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner *

Tsui Wan Yi Tsui Wan Yi (born 11 September 1984) is a fencer from Hong Kong, who won a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In math ...

(born 1984), Hong Kong fencer *

Tsui Chi Ho Tsui Chi Ho (; born 17 February 1990) is a Hong Kong sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 100 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Tsui Chi Ho competed in the 2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Jakarta, winning bronze in both the 1 ...

(; born 1990), Hong Kong sprinter *

Tsui Wang Kit Tsui Wang Kit (; born 5 January 1997) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a fullback for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. Club career On 10 January 2018, Tsui transferred to China League One side Meizhou Hakka. ...

(; born 1997), Hong Kong footballer

Entertainment industry

Tsui Hsiao-ping Tsui Hsiao-ping (; 1922/23 – 11 March 2017) was a Taiwanese radio personality and director. Tsui was born in Jinan, China as the daughter of a postal worker. Her family was forced to move away from their home due to the Second Sino-Japanese Wa ...

(; 1923–2017), Jinan-born radio personality in Taiwan *

Tsui Fu-sheng Tsui Fu-sheng (; 8 July 1931 – 26 December 2013) was a Taiwanese actor. He began acting after completed military service in the Republic of China Air Force. Fu was awarded the Golden Horse for Best Supporting Actor in 1966. His role in ''The R ...

(; 1931–2013), Taiwanese actor * Tsui Ping (; born 1938), Harbin-born Mandarin-language pop singer in Hong Kong * Paula Tsui (; born 1949), Hong Kong singer * Tsui Hark (; born 1950), Hong Kong film director * Tsui Siu-ming (; born 1953), Hong Kong actor * Elvis Tsui (; born 1961), Hong Kong actor * Tsui Wing (; born 1974), Hong Kong actor * Kate Tsui (; born 1979), Hong Kong actress *

Roy Tsui Tsui Ka Ho ( zh, 徐家豪; born 30 September 1980), better known by his pen name Lam Yat-heiy (Chinese: 林日曦) or Roy Tsui, is a Hong Kong lyricist, who has composed over 80 pieces of lyrics since 2007. He is also a writer and the founder ...

(; born 1980), Hong Kong lyricist * Sam Tsui (born 1989), American singer-songwriter

Other

Tsui Tsin-tong Dr. Tsui Tsin-tong GBS JP (1941 – 2 April 2010) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur, philanthropist and an antique connoisseur. He was also a Hong Kong member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. ...

(; 1941–2010), Hong Kong businessman * Tsui Po-ko (; 1970–2006), Hong Kong police constable *

Tsui Shung-yiu Dr. Tsui Shung-yiu, SBS, JP is a former Director of the Hong Kong Marine Department. He was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star The Silver Bauhinia Star (, SBS) is the second Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, awarded to pe ...

(), Hong Kong civil servant * Tsui Teh-li (; ), member of the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of China

References

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