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Undo revision 77217407 by Denazz (talk) Under my theory of Wiktionary:See also, this doesn't work because the Chau component is from 洲 not 周. See discussion https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Beer_parlour/2023/April#See_also_Usage and elsewhere Tags: Undo no head temp |
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* According to the 2010 United States Census, ''Chau'' is the 2181<sup>st</sup> most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16667 individuals. ''Chau'' is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.44%) individuals. |
* According to the 2010 United States Census, ''Chau'' is the 2181<sup>st</sup> most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16667 individuals. ''Chau'' is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.44%) individuals. |
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{{col2|en|Ap Lei Chau|Cheung Chau|Peng Chau|Shek Ngau Chau}} |
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Revision as of 21:20, 15 December 2023
See also: Appendix:Variations of "chau"
English
Etymology
From Cantonese 周 (zau1). Doublet of Zhou.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chau (plural Chaus)
- A surname.
- Alternative form of Zhou
- 1849 August, “Annals of Confucius; or Chronology and Geography of the Chun Ts'iu”, in The Chinese Repository[1], volume XVIII, number 8, →OCLC, page 397:
- 9. Kingdom of Yen 燕
Táking situated in lat. 39° 54' N., long. 116° 28' E., one of the districts of Shuntien fú in Chihlí, now occupies the site of the capital of the ancient kingdom of Yen, the most northern part of the empire under the reign of the Chau dynasty.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Chau is the 2181st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16667 individuals. Chau is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.44%) individuals.
Anagrams
Min Nan
Pronunciation
Romanization
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Cantonese
- English terms derived from Cantonese
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aʊ
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English terms with quotations
- Hokkien terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Min Nan/au