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 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, 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 (; born 1950), Shanghai-born Canadian geneticist * Tsui Tin-Chau (; born 1958), Hong Kong-born Dutch teacher * Tsui Ming-sum (), Hong Kong social scientist

Athletes

* Tsui Fang-hsuan (born 1984), Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner * Tsui Wan Yi (born 1984), Hong Kong fencer * Tsui Chi Ho (; born 1990), Hong Kong sprinter * Tsui Wang Kit (; born 1997), Hong Kong footballer

Entertainment industry

* Tsui Hsiao-ping (; 1923–2017), Jinan-born radio personality in Taiwan * Tsui Fu-sheng (; 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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