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In Mandarin, the prefix is well-established enough that it is now inseparably fixed in many words, where its original meaning is lost. For example, 老师 ; 老師 lǎoshī "teacher" is composed of 老 lǎo and 师 ; 師 shī "teacher", and the original word for "teacher" 师 ; 師 shī cannot be used alone.
Gweilo or gwailou (Chinese: 鬼佬; Cantonese Yale: gwáilóu, pronounced [kʷɐ̌i lǒu] ⓘ) is a common Cantonese slang term for Westerners. In the absence of modifiers, it refers to white people and has a history of racially deprecatory and pejorative use.
As an English surname, Chow originated as a nickname, from Middle English chowe, meaning "chough" or "jackdaw". [1]As a Chinese surname, Chow may be a romanisation of the pronunciations in different varieties of Chinese of the following surnames, listed based on their Pinyin romanisation (which reflects the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation):
Every day, thousands of new parents leave the hospital with a little one in their arms for the very first time.
In China, letters of the English alphabet are pronounced somewhat differently because they have been adapted to the phonetics (i.e. the syllable structure) of the Chinese language. The knowledge of this spelling may be useful when spelling Western names, especially over the phone, as one may not be understood if the letters are pronounced as ...
Léi (Chinese: 雷), meaning "thunder"; the spelling Lui is based on the Cantonese pronunciation (Jyutping: Leoi4; Cantonese Yale: Lèuih). The spelling Lui is common in Hong Kong , while other spellings of the same surname such as Loi and Louie are found in Macau and among overseas Chinese .
A nickname from Old English cio, which refers to smaller chattering species of crow, in particular the red-billed chough. [4] As a Chinese surname, Chew is a spelling of the pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese of a number of distinct surnames including the below ones, listed by their pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese: [5]
Liang (Chinese: 梁) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. The surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines) according to its Cantonese and Hakka pronunciation, Neo / Lio / Niu (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainan), or Liong ().