Zou (traditional Chinese: 鄒; simplified Chinese: 邹; Wade–Giles: Tsou) 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.
 Zou surname in regular script | |
| Romanization | Zōu (Pinyin) Chau (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Tsou (Wade-Giles) |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Cognate(s) | Zhu 朱 |
Notable people edit
- Zou Yan (鄒衍; 305 BC–240 BC), Chinese philosopher best known as the representative thinker of the Yin and Yang School (or School of Naturalists) during the Hundred Schools of Thought era
- Zou Rong (1885–1905), anti-Qing revolutionary
- Zou Zhe: 鄒喆; pinyin: Zōu Zhé; Wade–Giles: Tsou Che 1636–ca. 1708), Chinese painter during the Qing dynasty
- Zou Taofen (1895–1944), Chinese journalist
- Zou Jiahua (born 1926), Vice Premier of China, son of Zou Taofen
- Chen-Lu Tsou (1923–2006), Chinese biochemist
- Zou Yinglong (deputy prime minister, Song dynasty)[1]
- Zou Yuanbiao (judge, Ming dynasty)[1]
- Zou Yiguai (judge, Qing dynasty)[1]
- Olivia Chow (鄒至蕙; born 1957), Canadian politician, federal New Democratic Party (NDP) member of Parliament
- Zou Jiayi (邹加怡; born 1963), Chinese politician and economist
- Collin Chou (born 1967), Taiwanese-born Hong Kong-based actor
- Shuping Wang (1959–2019), original surname Zou, Chinese-American medical researcher and public health whistleblower
- Zou Taixin (邹太新; born 1966), Chinese former politician
- Ryan Choo (邹联福; born 1969 or 1970), Singaporean former actor
- Zou Yuchen (邹雨宸; born 1996) Chinese male professional basketball player
- Zou Yu (邹瑜; born 1920), a politician of the People's Republic
- Zou Yucheng (邹宇成; pinyin: Zōu Yǔchéng; born 1991), Chinese footballer
- Zou Yigui (邹一桂, 1686–1772), style name as Yuanbao (原褒), sobriquet
- Zou Lunlun (simplified Chinese: 邹伦伦; traditional Chinese: 鄒倫倫; pinyin: Zōu Lúnlún), player and teacher of the guzheng, a Chinese zither
- Zou Dehai (Chinese: 邹德海; pinyin: Zōu Déhǎi; born 1993), a Chinese footballer who plays for Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super
- Zou Zhenxian (邹振先; born 1955), Chinese triple jumper
References edit
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