Chinese surname
Surname Seet
薛
Seet is a Chinese surname written 薛, close to the Hakka reading siet, spelled Xue in Mandarin and Sit in Cantonese.
Characters for the surname Seet
The spelling Seet is common in Hakka, Hokkien and Teochew romanization.
- 薛
a kind of marsh grass (obsolete); name of an ancient state; surname
Hakka siet / Hokkien sih / Teochew sih4 / Mandarin xuē
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Possible characters for Seet
| Character | Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling |
|---|---|
| 薛 | xuē · Hokkien · Hakka |
About the surname Seet
Seet is a spelling of the surname 薛 closest to the Hakka reading siet; in Hokkien the character reads sih and in Teochew sih4. It is Xue in Mandarin and Sit in Cantonese (sit3). The character 薛 is also the name of an ancient state.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 薛 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 薛 · mdbg.net · meaning
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