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Surname Go

吳 · 伍

Go is a Chinese surname, a Hokkien spelling of 吳 or 伍 (Mandarin Wu).

Characters for the surname Go

The spelling Go is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 吳

    state of Wu; surname

    Hokkien gô͘ / Mandarin wú

    attested

  • 伍

    troop of five soldiers; companion; surname

    Hokkien gō͘, gó͘ / Mandarin wǔ

吳 all spellings of wú伍 all spellings of wǔ

Possible characters for Go

Go 吳 wú · Hokkien 伍 wǔ · Hokkien
The spelling Go can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
吳wú · Hokkien
伍wǔ · Hokkien

Other spellings of the same character

  • Goh 吳Hokkien, Teochew
  • Ng 吳 伍Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew
  • Gho 吳Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Go

Go is a Hokkien spelling of the surname 吳 (Mandarin Wu), read gô͘ in Malaysian Hokkien. It also matches the Hokkien reading gō͘ or gó͘ of the surname 伍 (Mandarin Wu). 吳 is more often spelled Goh or Ng. The character 吳 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the character the family uses.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 吳 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 吳 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 伍 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 伍 · mdbg.net · meaning

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