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Chinese (Filipino/Tagalog: Intsik (Colloquial) / Tsino (Formal) / Tsekwa (Derogatory); Philippine Hokkien simplified Chinese: 咱人; traditional Chinese: 咱儂; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lán-nâng / Lán-lâng / Nán-nâng, Mandarin simplified Chinese: 华人; traditional Chinese: 華人; pinyin: Huárén)—generalized term referring to any and all ...
Having a Hispanized Filipino-Chinese surname signifies that a Chinese person has become Catholic. Some adopted the surnames of their Spanish godparents, while others combined modified Chinese names and added honorifics such as -co, -son, and -zon at the end. Many of them intermarried with Filipinos and were integrated into Philippine society.
Chinese names also form the basis for many common Cambodian, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese surnames, and to an extent, Filipino surnames in both translation and transliteration into those languages. The conception of China as consisting of the "old hundred families" (Chinese: 老百姓; pinyin: Lǎo Bǎi Xìng; lit.
In Hokkien Chinese, Teochew Chinese and Hainanese Chinese, it is romanised as Thâm in POJ. In Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore (Overseas Chinese communities), it is sometimes romanised as Tham. In Filipino and other Philippine languages (Overseas Chinese communities), it is romanised as Tam. In Japan, it may be romanised as Tan.
This Chinese name is also the source of the Vietnamese surname Tô (Chữ Nôm: 蘇); the Korean surname 소, which is romanized So; the Japanese surname 蘇, which is also romanized So; and the Filipino/Tagalog surname So. Also, the Filipino family name "Solon" is a Hispanicized version of So. The Solon clan coming from Cebu are famous for ...
Uy is one of several Hokkien transcriptions of the Chinese surname 黃, which is Huang in Mandarin. It is one of the historical Hokkien romanization from Spanish orthography and is one of several Hokkien Chinese surnames used in particular by Chinese Filipinos. Notable people with the surname include: Alfonso A. Uy, Chinese-Filipino businessman
10 most popular Filipino boy names with meanings. Jacob — supplanter. Nathaniel — gift of God. Gabriel — God is my strength. Nathan — given. Ethan — strong, firm. Ezekiel — God ...
Most Chinese Filipinos whose ancestors came to the Philippines prior to 1898 use a Hispanicized surname, spelled with Spanish orthography using the Abecedario (Spanish Alphabet). Many Filipinos who have Hispanicized Chinese surnames are usually no longer full Chinese, but are usually Chinese mestizos (Mestizos de Sangley). According to Weedy ...