Chinese surname
Surname Eu
余 · 歐
Eu is a Chinese surname, an older Cantonese spelling of 余 (Yu) or a Hakka spelling of 歐 (Ou).
Characters for the surname Eu
The spelling Eu is common in Cantonese and Hakka romanization.
- 余
I, me (literary); surname
Cantonese jyu4 / Mandarin yú
attested
- 歐
Europe (short form); surname
Hakka êu / Mandarin ōu
Possible characters for Eu
| Character | Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling |
|---|---|
| 余 | yú · Cantonese |
| 歐 | ōu · Hakka |
Other spellings of the same character
About the surname Eu
Eu is a surname spelling that can stand for two characters. For 余 (Mandarin Yu), Eu is an older Cantonese spelling of the reading jyu4, alongside Yu, Yue and Yee. 余 is recorded in public data for Malaysians with this spelling. The character 歐 (Mandarin Ou) is read êu in Hakka, which matches the spelling Eu directly. The meaning depends on the characters a family uses.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 余 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 余 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 歐 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 歐 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wikipedia: Yú (surname 余) · en.wikipedia.org · romanization
- Wiktionary: Eu (English surname) · en.wiktionary.org · romanization
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