![]() Zou surname in regular script | |
Romanization | Zōu (Pinyin) Chau (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Tsou (Wade-Giles) |
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Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Derivation | Zou (state) |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Zou, Tsou (Mandarin) Chow (Hong Kong) Chou (Teochew) Chau, Chao (Hokkien) Trâu (Vietnamese) Tjee, Tjeuw, Tjoo, Tjouw (Indonesian) |
Cognate(s) | Zhu 朱 |
Derivative(s) | Murdaya (Chinese Indonesian) |
Zou (traditional Chinese: 鄒; simplified Chinese: 邹; pinyin: Zōu) is the 67th most common Chinese surname, which originated from the state of Zou of the Spring and Autumn period in ancient China.[1] Depending on Chinese variety, Zou can be transliterated as Chow, Chau, Tsau, Trau, Tsou, Tjeuw, or Chew. It is the 35th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.