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Zhuo Jing
Zhuo (; ) 224th most common surname in China, shared by 360,000 people (2008). In the Wade–Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as Cho, which is commonly used in Taiwan. The surname is listed 277th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Transliterations and Derivatives * Zhuo in Mandarin, alternatively romanized as Cho or Jo in Taiwan. * Coek, Cheuk, Cherk or Chak in Cantonese * Doh, Toh or Tok in Hokkien and Teochew * Chok in Hakka * Doh in Eastern Min * Cheok in Macau * Chuk, Chok, Chock, or Toh in Malaysia * Tjoek, Toq or Toh in Indonesia * Toh, Cher, Cho, Chok, Tho, Tock, or Tok in Singapore Derivatives * As the Hanja of the Korean surname romanized as Tak () * As the Chữ Nôm for the Vietnamese surname Trác * Derived as Harsono, or other Indonesianized surnames among Chinese Indonesians Notable people * Zhuo Wenjun (2nd century BC), celebrated poet, wife of Sima Xiangru * Zhuo Jing ( 卓敬; died 1402), Ming dynasty minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese ( zh, s=现代标准汉语, t=現代標準漢語, p=Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, l=modern standard Han speech) is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912–1949). It is designated as the official language of mainland China and a major language in the United Nations, Singapore, and Taiwan. It is largely based on the Beijing dialect. Standard Chinese is a pluricentric language with local standards in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore that mainly differ in their lexicon. Hong Kong written Chinese, used for formal written communication in Hong Kong and Macau, is a form of Standard Chinese that is read aloud with the Cantonese reading of characters. Like other Sinitic languages, Standard Chinese is a tonal language with topic-prominent organization and subject–verb–object (SVO) word order. Compared with southern varieties, the language has fewer vowels, final consonants and tones, but more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Eastern Min
Eastern Min or Min Dong (, Foochow Romanized: ) is a branch of the Min group of the Chinese languages of China. The prestige form and most commonly cited representative form is the Fuzhou dialect, the speech of the capital of Fujian. Geographic distribution Fujian and vicinity Eastern Min varieties are mainly spoken in the eastern region of Fujian, in and near the cities of Fuzhou and Ningde. This includes the traditional ''Ten Counties of Fuzhou'' ( zh, c=福州十邑, p=Fúzhōu Shí Yì; Foochow Romanized: ), a region that consists of present-day Pingnan, Gutian, Luoyuan, Minqing, Lianjiang, Changle, Minhou, Yongtai, Fuqing and Pingtan, as well as the urban area of Fuzhou proper. It is also widely encountered as the first language of the Matsu Islands controlled by Taiwan. Historically, the Eastern Min varieties in the Matsu Islands were seen as a part of the Lianjiang variety. The establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949 separated the Matsu Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zhuo Jing
Zhuo (; ) 224th most common surname in China, shared by 360,000 people (2008). In the Wade–Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as Cho, which is commonly used in Taiwan. The surname is listed 277th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Transliterations and Derivatives * Zhuo in Mandarin, alternatively romanized as Cho or Jo in Taiwan. * Coek, Cheuk, Cherk or Chak in Cantonese * Doh, Toh or Tok in Hokkien and Teochew * Chok in Hakka * Doh in Eastern Min * Cheok in Macau * Chuk, Chok, Chock, or Toh in Malaysia * Tjoek, Toq or Toh in Indonesia * Toh, Cher, Cho, Chok, Tho, Tock, or Tok in Singapore Derivatives * As the Hanja of the Korean surname romanized as Tak () * As the Chữ Nôm for the Vietnamese surname Trác * Derived as Harsono, or other Indonesianized surnames among Chinese Indonesians Notable people * Zhuo Wenjun (2nd century BC), celebrated poet, wife of Sima Xiangru * Zhuo Jing ( 卓敬; died 1402), Ming dynasty minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sima Xiangru
Sima Xiangru ( , c. 179117BC) was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician who lived during the Han dynasty#Western Han, Western Han dynasty. Sima is a significant figure in the history of Classical Chinese poetry, and is generally regarded as the greatest of all composers of Chinese fu (poetry), ''fu'' rhapsodies. His poetry includes his invention or at least development of the ''fu'' form, applying new metrical rhythms to the lines of poetry, which he mixed with lines of prose, and provided with several of what would in ensuing centuries become among a group of common set topics for this genre. Sima Xiangru was also versatile enough to write in the ''Chu ci'' style, while it was enjoying a renaissance, and he also wrote lyrics in what would become known as the ''yuefu'' formal style. Early life and career Sima Xiangru was born in the commandery of Shu (state), Shu (now Sichuan, Sichuan Province) in the early 2nd century BC. He probably was born in 179BC, but some sources g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zhuo Wenjun
Zhuo Wenjun (175121 BCE) was a Chinese poet of the Western Han dynasty. Some of her most popular works include ''Bai tou Yin'' (Chant about Old Age), ''Juebie Shu'' (Farewell Letter) and ''Yuanlang Shi'' (Blaming Husband Poem), although some scholars debate her authorship. Biography Zhuo Wenjun was a lady from the Zhuo family of the Sichuan province, and her father was Zhuo Wangsun. She was highly educated, especially skilled at music and poetry. Married at sixteen, she was soon widowed and returned to her parents. Sima Xiangru, a famous poet and musician, during a stay in Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ..., was invited to their home by the Zhuos. Zhuo Wenjun fell in love with him when she saw him play the '' qin'' and did not hesitate to run away with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chinese Indonesian Surname
Many ethnic Chinese people have lived in Indonesia for many centuries. Over time, especially under social and political pressure during the New Order era, most Chinese Indonesians have adopted names that better match the local language. History of Chinese Indonesian surnames Colonial era until 1965 During the Dutch colonial era, the Dutch administration recorded Chinese names in birth certificates and other legal documents using an adopted spelling convention that was based primarily on Hokkien (Southern Min), the language of the majority of Chinese immigrants in the Dutch East Indies. The administrators recorded the names using the nearest Dutch spelling derived from Hokkien words, which was simplified into '' Ejaan Lama'' (). A similar thing happened in the British Malaya, where the British administrators record the names using English spelling. The spellings of names in the British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies varied because English and Dutch employed distinct spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vietnamese Surname
Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Personal name#Eastern name order, Eastern name order. * A family name (normally patrilineal, although matrilineality is possible, in cases such as divorce, children of a single parent, single mother, or if a child didn't want to have the father's surname. The father's family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound family name). * An optional middle name (normally a single name, some have no middle name). * A given name, personal name (normally single name, some have multiple names, mostly double name). But not every name is conformant. For example: * ''Nguyễn Trãi'' has his family name ''Nguyen, Nguyễn'' and his personal name is ''Trãi''. He does not have any middle name. * ''Phạm Bình Minh'' has his family name ''Phạm'' and his personal name is ''Bình Minh'' (). He does not have any middle name. *''Nguyễn Văn Quyết'' has his family name ''Nguyễn'', hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chữ Nôm
Chữ Nôm (, ) is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language. It uses Chinese characters to represent Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and some native Vietnamese words, with other words represented by new characters created using a variety of methods, including phono-semantic compounds. This composite script was therefore highly complex and was accessible to the less than five percent of the Vietnamese population who had mastered written Chinese. Although all formal writing in Vietnam was done in classical Chinese until the early 20th century (except for two brief interludes), chữ Nôm was widely used between the 15th and 19th centuries by the Vietnamese cultured elite for popular works in the vernacular, many in verse. One of the best-known pieces of Vietnamese literature, '' The Tale of Kiều'', was written in chữ Nôm by Nguyễn Du. The Vietnamese alphabet created by Portuguese Jesuit missionaries, with the earliest known usage occurring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tak (surname)
Tak is a Dutch, English, Indian, and Korean surname. Origins The Dutch surname Tak originated both from the Dutch-language word "tree branch", and as a diminutive of the Germanic given name Theuderic. The Indian surname Tak/Taak belongs to gotra of Hindu Bagri Kumhars (Khapmaru). It is said that they were descents of Raja Sain Pal, a Rajput ruler. They are mostly found in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. As an English surname, Tak is a historical spelling of Tagg, which originated in a variety of ways, including as a diminutive of various Germanic names starting with Dag- (e.g. Dagobert), and as a nickname possibly from Middle English "tatter" (referring to a person wearing tattered clothes) or from Old French "belt buckle". One early record of a person with a surname spelled Tak is Hugo Tak of Rushden, Northamptonshire, in the Poll Tax of 1379. The Korean surname spelled Tak () in the Revised Romanization of Korean is written with the hanja (; ), meaning "lofty" or "ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Korean Surname
This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (Korean name), Kim (), followed by Lee (Korean name), Lee () and Park (Korean surname), Park (). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. This article uses the most recent South Korean statistics (currently 2015) as the basis. No such data is available from North Korea. From 2015 South Korean statistics , at least 191 distinct surnames in Hangul and 514 distinct surnames in Hanja were in use. Notes: (1) The total population was 49,705,663. (2) This data only lists surnames used by five or more people. Surnames used by fewer than five people are categorized as "Other" (). From 2000 South Korean statistics These are surnames that appear in the 2000 South Korean statistics but not in 2015. Since the 2015 statistics only lists surnames used by five or more people, these surnames may still exist. Other surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hanja
Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and () refers to Classical Chinese writing, although ''Hanja'' is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja characters have never undergone any major reforms, they more closely resemble traditional Chinese and kyūjitai, traditional Japanese characters, although the stroke orders for certain characters are slightly different. Such examples are the characters and , as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as '' Temasek''; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
