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The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]
This is a list of notable Malaysians of Chinese origin, including original immigrants who obtained Malaysian citizenship and their Malaysian descendants.Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Chinese, whose ethnic origin lie in China.
Traditional Chinese names are used among the Malaysian Chinese. These names are usually represented as three words, for example Foo Li Leen or Tan Ai Lin. The first is the Chinese surname, which is passed down from a father to all his children.
a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surnames Zhong (t 鍾, s 钟) and Zhong ; Cantonese and Gan romanizations of the Chinese surname Zhuang (t 莊, s 庄) the McCune–Reischauer romanization of the Korean surname Jeong (정) Chong is the 19th-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans and Malaysian Chinese, with 23,100 bearers in the ...
The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [20] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [21]
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western tradition in which surnames are written last.
Tan Songyun (谭松韵, born 1990), Chinese actress; Tan Sui Hoon (born 1963), Malaysian badminton player; Tan Yankai (譚延闓, 1880–1930) Chinese politician and Premier of the Republic of China. Yuanyuan Tan (譚元元, born 1977), Chinese ballet dancer; Principal Dancer at the San Francisco Ballet; Tan Yuanchun (譚元春, 1586–1637 ...
Malaysian Chinese remain the business sector's dominant players; equity ownership doubled from 22.8 percent in 1969 to 45.5 percent in 1990, and nearly all of Malaysia's richest people are Chinese. [134] Since Malaysian Chinese manage the country's economy, most (75.8 percent in 1991) live in urban areas. [135]