Xu - Definition and Overview

Xu can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:

1. 徐 (pinyin Xú, also spelled Hsü or Tsui)
2. 許 (traditional) or 许 (simplified), (pinyin Xǔ, also spelled Hui)

In this context it is pronounced somewhat like Shoo.

Famous people surnamed 徐:

• Xu Bing, artist
• Xu Huang, character from Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• Xu Jun, chess player
• Xu Sheng, 3rd century general
• Xu Shichang, President of Republic of China (Beiyang government)
• Xu Shouhui, Yuan dynasty rebel leader
• Xu Wei, Ming dynasty painter
• Xu Xiake, writer
• Xu Xiangqian, Chinese Communist military leader
• Xu Zhimo, author
• Xu, Zhenya, Well-known Lingustist, Computer Scientist, and Educator.
• Tsui Hark, film director
• Vivian Hsu, actress
• Philip Jaisohn, first Korean-American citizen

Famous people surnamed 許/许:

• Xu Chu, Wei general
• Xu Dishan, author
• Xu Shen, Han dynasty dictionary compiler
• Evonne Hsu, singer
• Hsu Hsin-liang, Taiwanese politician
• Samuel Hui, musician
• Michael Hui, filmmaker

Non-Chinese meanings

• Xu is a minor currency of Vietnam. 100 xu = 1 dong.
• Xu is the creator god of the Bushmen of Africa.
• Xu is a minor character in Final Fantasy VIII.