Cao

Chinese family name (曹)

NameChinese family name family name royal surnameQ710706

Also known as 曹 · Ts'ao · Chaw · Chou · Chô · Chháu

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Cáo is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 曹 (Cáo). It is listed 26th in the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames poem. Cao is romanized as "Tsao" in Wade-Giles (Ts'ao), which is widely adopted in Taiwan, although the apostrophe is often omitted in practice. It is romanized "Cho", "Tso", and "Chaw" in Cantonese; "Chou", "Chô", and "Chow" in Hokkien; and "Chau", "Chow" in Teochew. It is romanized "Zau" or "Dzau" in Shanghainese.

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Said to be the same as: Cao criterion used: pinyin
Thau
Cho criterion used: eumhun
Script: Chinese characters
Native label: 曹 hanyu pinyin transliteration: Cáo
曺
Different from: Cao criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
CAO criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Q11090925 criterion used: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page
Transliteration or transcription: Cáo
Language: Chinese
Indigenous to: Cao Wei

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