Some Family Names Indicate Dialect Groups

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29-07-2022, 04:14 PM

Lim 林 - mostly Hokkien
Mak 麦 - Cantonese
Kwang 龚 - Cantonese
Kwan 关 - Cantonese
Tay 郑 - Teochew
Yu 余 - Cantonese
Tsang 曾 - Hakka
Leong 梁 - Cantonese
Foo 傅 - Hainanese
Heng 邢 - Hainanese
Ho 胡 - Cantonese

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29-07-2022, 04:22 PM

(29-07-2022, 04:14 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: Lim - mostly Hokkien
Mak - Cantonese
Kwang - Cantonese
Kwan - Cantonese
Tay - Teochew
Yu - Cantonese
Tsang - Hakka
Leong - Cantonese
Foo - Hainanese
Heng - Hainanese
Ho - Cantonese

My surname is Lee and I'm Hokkien leh! Not all same lah!

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29-07-2022, 04:24 PM

Yong, liu, liew... Hakka

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29-07-2022, 04:24 PM

(29-07-2022, 04:22 PM)cheekopekman Wrote: My surname is Lee and I'm Hokkien leh! Not all same lah!

Lee can be any dialect groups, Tan or Chan also

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29-07-2022, 04:25 PM

heng?

I got one friend heng but is not hainanese.

FOO is mostly which is correct.

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29-07-2022, 04:26 PM

(29-07-2022, 04:24 PM)Harry Lee Wrote: Yong, liu, liew... Hakka

Liu/Liew/Low can also be other dialect groups, Andy Lau is not Hakka leh

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29-07-2022, 04:29 PM

(29-07-2022, 04:25 PM)[[ForeverAlone]] Wrote: heng?

I got one friend heng but is not hainanese.

FOO is mostly which is correct.

Must ask your friend his name in Chinese, his Heng could be different surname in Chinese writing, 邢 Heng is definitely Hainanese surname.

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29-07-2022, 04:30 PM

(29-07-2022, 04:24 PM)Harry Lee Wrote: Yong, liu, liew... Hakka

Harry Lee aka LKY is Hakka for sure

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29-07-2022, 04:50 PM

(29-07-2022, 04:25 PM)[[ForeverAlone]] Wrote: heng?

I got one friend heng but is not hainanese.

FOO is mostly which is correct.

So you Foo also ah?..... Big Grin

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29-07-2022, 05:41 PM

(29-07-2022, 04:24 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: Lee can be any dialect groups, Tan or Chan also

(29-07-2022, 04:30 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: Harry Lee aka LKY is Hakka for sure

Lee Kuan Yew is Hakka lah! Same as Lee Hsien Loong, Hsien Yang and Wee Leng lah!

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29-07-2022, 05:56 PM

(29-07-2022, 04:22 PM)cheekopekman Wrote: My surname is Lee and I'm Hokkien leh! Not all same lah!

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29-07-2022, 06:00 PM

(29-07-2022, 04:24 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: Lee can be any dialect groups, Tan or Chan also

I thought Tan belongs to both Hokkien and Teochew while Chan belongs to Cantonese? And in writing they are the same in Chinese 陈.

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29-07-2022, 06:00 PM

(29-07-2022, 05:56 PM)p1acebo Wrote: Leekopek

Chines name always have meanings. For example Lee Xiao Long (Lee Small Dragon) or Lee Kim Poh (Lee Gold Treasure). So more appropriate his name should Lee Chee Ko or Cheeko Lee....... Big Grin

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29-07-2022, 06:02 PM

(29-07-2022, 06:00 PM)Huliwang Wrote: Chines name always have meanings. For example Lee Xiao Long (Lee Small Dragon) or Lee Kim Poh (Lee Gold Treasure). So more appropriate his name should Lee Chee Ko or Cheeko Lee.......

Somebody gave him the Leekopek nick yesterday in Sgtalk Big Grin

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29-07-2022, 06:02 PM

(29-07-2022, 06:00 PM)kangtangman Wrote: I thought Tan belongs to both Hokkien and Teochew while Chan belongs to Cantonese? And in writing they are the same in Chinese 陈.

陈 is across all dialects, not specific to a particular one. The spellings vary depending on different dialects. It is one of the most popular Chinese family name. Some of them changed their family names from Tan/Chan to Hong/Ang 洪，that is why you see so many Angs in Spore.

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29-07-2022, 06:06 PM

(29-07-2022, 06:02 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: 陈 is across all dialects, not specific to a particular one. The spellings vary depending on different dialects.

陈 if appear as Tan is either Hokkien, Hainanese, Teochew, etc.
陈 if appear as Chan is definitely Cantonese
陈 if is appear as Chen ..... Thinking

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29-07-2022, 06:16 PM

(29-07-2022, 06:06 PM)Huliwang Wrote: 陈 if appear as Tan is either Hokkien, Hainanese, Teochew, etc.
陈 if appear as Chan is definitely Cantonese
陈 if is appear as Chen .....

If it is ‘Tran’ it is Vietnamese Chinese

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