Liu
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Liu
- /liˈoʊ/ surname
- /liˈu/ surname
- /ˈliu̯/ Hong Kong
Sounds like lew, lieu, lue (without yod-dropping)
Where it comes from
From several Chinese surnames, including:
* From Mandarin 劉 /刘 (liú). Doublet of Lau and Luu.
* From Cantonese 廖 (liu⁶). Doublet of Liao.
proper noun Lius
- A surname from Chinese. We now have good reason to question the pursuits of the vaunted innovators with whom Liu consorted in California – the blissed-out cultists at Google, whose only worry is over “the wrong kind of sparkling water in the microkitchens”, or the manic experts who specialise in “envisioning hyperplanes in
- A surname from Mandarin.
- A surname from Cantonese.
