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Surname Tsai

蔡

Tsai is the Wade-Giles spelling of the Chinese surname 蔡 (Mandarin cài), also written Chua or Choi.

Characters for the surname Tsai

  • 蔡

    surname; the ancient state of Cai

    Mandarin cài (Wade-Giles tsʻai4)

    attested

蔡 all spellings of cài

Possible characters for Tsai

Tsai 蔡 cài
In our records the spelling Tsai stands for 蔡.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
蔡cài

Other spellings of the same character

  • Chua 蔡Hokkien, Teochew
  • Chai 蔡Hakka, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin)

About the surname Tsai

Tsai is the Wade-Giles spelling (tsʻai) of the surname 蔡, Mandarin cài. In Hokkien the surname is read chhòa (written Chua) and in Cantonese coi3 (written Choi). The character 蔡 is recorded for Malaysians with this spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 蔡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 蔡 · mdbg.net · meaning

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