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Post by NZBC on Aug 30, 2008 19:49:06 GMT 12
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Post by NZBC on Aug 30, 2008 19:49:28 GMT 12
This list was created by eyeballing the last name frequency list from the 1990 US Census. The English names in the Census list were then match with the dictionary entries according to their possible Mandarin and Cantonese pronunciations. I judged purely by the spelling and sound of some common Chinese surnames. To err is human, I cannot guarantee this list is complete or correct. Some names are commonly used by both Chinese and non-Chinese, e.g. LEE, LAW, JOE, TOM etc. Lee is a very common American name in the South, remember General Robert E. Lee in the US Civil War? Lee and Choi are popular family names for Korean and Chinese alike. When foreign immigrants obtain their US citizenship, they have the right to change their names to be different from their original identity. Some Chinese Americans choose to change their names to sound more like American. Some Lui (À×) change to Louie, some Lok (ñ˜) to Locke, some Leung (Áº) to Lang, some Shao (ÉÛ) to Shaw, some Lo (Á_) to Lowe, some Mak (ûœ) to Mack etc. These names are hard to identify as Chinese.
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Post by kiejan on Mar 13, 2013 7:30:52 GMT 12
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Post by NZBC on May 12, 2013 8:24:04 GMT 12
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