Xu (surname 許)
| Pronunciation | Xǔ (Mandarin) Khó͘ (Hokkien) Heoi2 (Cantonese) Kóu (Teochew) Hứa (Vietnamese) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Meaning | to allow |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Xu, Hsu (Mandarin) Hui, Hoi, Hua (Cantonese) Shue, Shea (Taiwanese) Kho, Khor, Khaw, Ko (Hokkien) Koh, Khoh, Kho (Teochew) Hii, Hee, Hoo (Fuzhou) Koo (Hakka) Hy (Vietnamese) Co, Ngo (Filipino) Kosasih, Kusno, Sunarko (Indonesian) |
| Derivative(s) | Heo (Korean) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 許 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 许 | ||||||||||||
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Xu (traditional Chinese: 許; simplified Chinese: 许; pinyin: Xǔ; Wade–Giles: Hsü3; Jyutping: Heoi2) is a Chinese surname. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as Hsu, which is commonly used in Taiwan.