Chiu

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Chiu

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From several different Chinese surnames, including:

* Cantonese 趙 /赵 (ziu⁶)

* Hokkien 周 (Chiu)

* Mandarin 邱 (Qiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻiu¹. Doublet of Qiu.

proper noun Chius

A surname from Cantonese.
A surname from Hokkien.
A surname from Mandarin. Exactly one year to the day a predawn fire destroyed the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s (雲門舞集) home in Pali, Taipei County, founder Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) stood in front of the Taipei Story House on Wednesday, a huge banner with dancer Chiu I-wen (邱怡文) leaping in the air hanging behind him.

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@misc{chiu_2026,
  title = {Chiu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chiu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}