Chinese surname

Surname Chooi

徐 · 崔

Chooi is a Chinese surname, a Cantonese spelling of 徐 or 崔; 崔 is also read chhui in Hokkien.

Characters for the surname Chooi

The spelling Chooi is common in Cantonese and Hokkien romanization.

徐

slowly; calm; surname

Cantonese ceoi4 / Mandarin xú

attested
崔

lofty; surname

Cantonese ceoi1 / Hokkien chhui / Mandarin cuī

徐 all spellings of xú 崔 all spellings of cuī

Possible characters for Chooi

The spelling Chooi can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.

Character	Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
徐	xú · Cantonese
崔	cuī · Hokkien · Cantonese

Other spellings of the same character

See 徐Hokkien, Teochew
Sie 徐Hokkien

About the surname Chooi

Chooi matches the Cantonese reading ceoi4 of the surname 徐 (Mandarin Xu) and ceoi1 of 崔 (Mandarin Cui). 崔 is also read chhui in Hokkien, which can be spelled Chooi. The character 徐 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the character the family uses.

Sources

Wiktionary: 徐 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 徐 · mdbg.net · meaning
Wiktionary: 崔 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 崔 · mdbg.net · meaning

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