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Xu ( Chinese: 徐; pinyin: Xú; Wade–Giles: Hsü2; Jyutping: Ceoi4) is a Chinese-language surname. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is spelled as " Hsu ", which is commonly used in Taiwan or overseas Chinese communities. It is different from Xu (surname 許), represented by a different character.
July 24, 1680. (1680-07-24) (aged 72) Relatives. Xu Guangqi (grandfather) Candida Xu or Candida Su [1] ( Chinese: 許徐甘弟大; pinyin: Xǔ-Xú Gāndìdà; Wade–Giles: Hsü3-Hsü2 Kan1-ti4-ta4; September 4, 1607 – July 24, 1680), was a Chinese Catholic who lived in late Ming and early Qing China. She has been called "arguably the most ...
Xu Bing (Chinese: 徐冰; pinyin: Xú Bīng; born 1955) is a Chinese artist who served as vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is known for his printmaking skills and installation art, as well as his creative artistic use of language, words, and text and how they have affected our understanding of the world.
Xu Shoushang (許壽裳; 1883–1948) was a Chinese writer who was one of the co-authors of the Twelve Symbols national emblem in 1912. Xu Liangying (许良英; born 1920 - 28 January 2013) was a Chinese physicist, translator and a historian. Xu Li (许莉; born 1989 in Suzhou, Anhui) is a female Chinese freestyle wrestler.
Xu can refer to the following Chinese surnames that are homographs when Romanized using their Mandarin pronunciations: . Xu (surname 徐) Xu (surname 許) The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone diacritics are omitted then both surnames would be spelled Xu in pinyin, and Hsü in the Wade–Giles system or Hsu if the diaeresis is also omitted.
Ms Xu claimed that while on holiday in Paris for the Lunar New Year, coffee shop staff handed her two empty homework books that belong to a Grade 1 student named Qin Lang. She promised to bring ...
Wu (state) Chu (state) Today part of. China. The State of Xu ( Chinese: 徐; pinyin: Xú) (also called Xu Rong ( 徐戎) or Xu Yi ( 徐夷) [a] by its enemies) [4] [5] was an independent Huaiyi state of the Chinese Bronze Age [6] that was ruled by the Ying family ( 嬴) and controlled much of the Huai River valley for at least two centuries.
Xu Xu, aka Hsu Yu (徐訏), was the pen name of Xu Boxu (徐伯訏; 11 November 1908 – 5 October 1980), an important figure in modern Chinese literature. Born in Cixi in the coastal province of Zhejiang , Xu Xu attended Peking University between 1927 and 1932 where he studied philosophy and psychology.