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Surname Seow

蕭 · 邵

Seow is a Chinese surname, usually a Hokkien, Teochew or Hakka spelling of 蕭 and sometimes of 邵; the meaning depends on the family's character.

Characters for the surname Seow

The spelling Seow is common in Hokkien, Teochew and Hakka romanization.

  • 蕭

    surname; desolate, bleak; Chinese mugwort (older sense)

    Hokkien siau / Teochew siou1 / Hakka sêu / Mandarin xiāo

    attested

  • 邵

    surname; name of ancient places

    Teochew siou6 / Hakka seu / Mandarin shào

蕭 all spellings of xiāo邵 all spellings of shào

Possible characters for Seow

Seow 蕭 xiāo · Hokkien · Hakka 邵 shào · Hakka · Teochew
The spelling Seow can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
蕭xiāo · Hokkien · Hakka
邵shào · Hakka · Teochew

Other spellings of the same character

  • Siew 蕭 邵Cantonese, Hakka
  • Siow 蕭 邵Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka
  • Shaw 邵

About the surname Seow

Seow is a spelling of the surname 蕭, following the Hokkien reading siau, Teochew siou1 and Hakka sêu. It can also stand for 邵 (Teochew siou6, Hakka seu). Chinese surnames are spelled differently by dialect, so the same character can appear under several spellings in Malaysia. The character 蕭 (simplified 萧) is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; Siow is also used, and in Mandarin 蕭 is spelled Xiao.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 蕭 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 蕭 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 邵 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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