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Surname Cheah

謝

Cheah is the Hokkien and Teochew spelling of the Chinese surname 謝, which also means to thank.

Characters for the surname Cheah

The spelling Cheah is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 謝

    surname; to thank

    Hokkien chiā / Teochew zia7 / Mandarin xiè

    attested

  • 谢

    surname; to thank (simplified form)

    Hokkien chiā / Teochew zia7 / Mandarin xiè (simplified form of 謝)

    attested

謝 all spellings of xiè

Possible characters for Cheah

Cheah 謝 xiè · Hokkien · Teochew
In our records the spelling Cheah stands for 謝.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
謝xiè · Hokkien · Teochew

Other spellings of the same character

  • Chia 謝Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka
  • Seah 謝Hokkien, Teochew
  • Shia 謝Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Cheah

Cheah is a spelling of the surname 謝 (simplified 谢) from the vernacular Hokkien (chiā) and Teochew (zia7) readings, which are the ones used for the surname. The character also means to thank. In Cantonese it is ze6 (Tse) and in Mandarin Xie.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 謝 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 謝 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. MDBG: 谢 · mdbg.net · meaning

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