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Zhuo (卓)
Pronunciation Zhuó (Mandarin) Zhuō (former Mandarin pronunciation)
[1] Cheuk or Cherk or Chak (Cantonese) Toh or Tok (Minnan) Language(s)
Chinese Language(s)
Old Chinese Variant form(s) Cho, Chuo, Cheuk, Toh, Chock, Chuk, Cherk, Chak
Zhuo (
[ʈʂwǒ] ) is the
Mandarin
pinyin romanization of the
Chinese surname written
卓 in
Chinese character . It is romanized Cho or Jo in
Wade–Giles , Cheuk or Cherk or Chak in
Cantonese , and Toh or Tok in
Teochew and
Hokkien . Zhuo is listed 277th in the
Song dynasty
classic text
Hundred Family Surnames .
[2] As of 2008, it is the 224th most common surname in China, shared by 360,000 people.
[3]
Notable people
Zhuo Wenjun (2nd century BC), celebrated poet, wife of
Sima Xiangru
Zhuo Jing (
卓敬 ; died 1402),
Ming dynasty minister, executed for refusing to serve the
Yongle Emperor
Zhuo Bingtian (
卓秉恬 ; 1782–1855),
Qing dynasty Minister of Defense
Toh Ah Boon or Zhuo Yawen (1860–1932), Malayan businessman
Zhuo Lin (1916–2009), wife of
Deng Xiaoping
Toh Kian Chui (卓键水) (1927-2000), Singaporean philanthropist
Zhuo Renxi (1931–2019), chemist, academician of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alfred Y. Cho or Zhuo Yihe (born 1937), Chinese-American electrical engineer
Patsy Toh or Zhuo Yilong (born 1940), pianist, Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Music
Zhuo Changren (
卓长仁 ; 1948–2001), Chinese aircraft hijacker and murderer in Taiwan
Cho Sheng-li (
卓勝利 ; 1949–2012), Taiwanese actor
H. T. Cho or Zhuo Huotu (
卓火土 ; born 1950), cofounder and former CEO of
HTC
Zhuo Xinping (
卓新平 ; born 1955), scholar of religions, academician of
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Cho Jung-tai (born 1959), Taiwanese politician, Chairman-elect of the
Democratic Progressive Party
Cheuk Wan-chi or Zhuo Yunzhi (born 1979), Hong Kong media personality
Timi Zhuo or Zhuo Yi-ting (born 1981), Taiwanese singer
Toh Guo'An or Zhuo Guo'an (born 1982), Singaporean football player
Genie Chuo or Zhuo Wenxuan (born 1986), Taiwanese singer
Murder of the Zhuo family , a Chinese-American family who were murdered by a cousin in 2013
Toh Hong Huat (卓鸿发; born 1974, disappeared in 1986), a twelve-year-old schoolboy who went missing in Singapore
References
^ "卓(姓) zhuō" 中国语文 总第85 July 1959 普通話异讀詞审音表初稿(續) Page 322
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"百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16 .
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"中国最新300大姓排名(2008)" [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18 .
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