Yuè is the
Hanyu Pinyin
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transliteration of the
Chinese family name
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 W ...
岳. In places which use the
Wade-Giles romanization such as Taiwan, Yue is usually spelled as "Yüeh" or "Yueh".
Yuè is also the pinyin transliteration of the surname 樂 in
traditional character
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and 乐 in
simplified character
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. This name can also be read as
Lè, which has a different origin.
Prominent individuals with the surname Yue 岳
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Yue Hua (岳華) actor
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Yue Fei
Yue Fei ( zh, t=岳飛; March 24, 1103 – January 28, 1142), courtesy name Pengju (), was a Chinese military general who lived during the Song dynasty, Southern Song dynasty and a national hero of China, known for leading Southern Song force ...
(岳飛) military general who lived in the Southern Song dynasty
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Yue Xin (activist) (岳昕) feminist and Marxist activist
Prominent individuals with the surname Yue 樂/乐
It is the 81st name on the ''
Hundred Family Surnames
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'' poem.
[K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. ]University of Hawaii Press
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Yue Jin
Yue Jin () (died 218), courtesy name Wenqian, was a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was noted as much for his short stature as for his valour and ferocity on the battlefield. Yue ...
(樂進) Military General who served under Warlord Cao Cao in the Late Han Dynasty
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Yue Yi
Yue Yi (), enfeoffed as Lord of Changguo (), was a prominent military leader of the State of Yan during the Warring States period of ancient China. He was the son of the prime minister of the state of Zhongshan, but when Zhongshan was destroyed by ...
(樂毅) Minister of the states of Zhao and Yan in the Warring States era
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Yue Guang (樂廣) Minister of West Jin during the Jin dynasty
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Chinese-language surnames
Multiple Chinese surnames