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Surname See

徐 · 施

See is a Chinese surname, the Hokkien spelling of 徐 ('slowly, calmly') or 施 ('to give'); the meaning depends on the family's character.

Characters for the surname See

The spelling See is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 徐

    surname; slowly, calmly

    Hokkien sî / Mandarin xú

    attested

  • 施

    surname; to give, to bestow; to carry out

    Hokkien si / Teochew si1 / Mandarin shī

徐 all spellings of xú施 all spellings of shī

Possible characters for See

See 徐 xú · Hokkien 施 shī · Hokkien · Teochew
The spelling See can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
徐xú · Hokkien
施shī · Hokkien · Teochew

Other spellings of the same character

  • Chooi 徐Cantonese, Hokkien
  • Sie 施 徐Hokkien
  • Shi 施Mandarin (pinyin)

About the surname See

See is a Hokkien spelling of the surname 徐 (reading sî; chhî is also used) and of 施 (Hokkien si, Teochew si1). Chinese surnames are spelled differently by dialect, so the same character can appear under several spellings in Malaysia. The character 徐 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; in Mandarin 徐 is spelled Xu and 施 Shi. The meaning depends on the character a family uses.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 徐 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 徐 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 施 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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