"Liu" meaning in English

See Liu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /liˈoʊ/ [surname] (note: like Mandarin;from Mandarin 劉), /liˈu/ [surname] (note: like Taishanese, Hakka, Northern Min, Hokkien, etc;from Mandarin 劉), /ˈliu̯/ [Hong-Kong] Forms: Lius [plural]
Etymology: From several Chinese surnames, including: * From Mandarin 劉/刘 (liú). Doublet of Lau and Luu. * From Cantonese 廖 (liu⁶). Doublet of Liao. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{der|en|cmn|劉}} Mandarin 劉/刘 (liú), {{doublet|en|Lau|Luu}} Doublet of Lau and Luu, {{der|en|yue|廖}} Cantonese 廖 (liu⁶), {{doublet|en|Liao}} Doublet of Liao Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Lius}} Liu (plural Lius)
  1. A surname from Chinese.
    A surname from Mandarin.
    Sense id: en-Liu-en-name-V3bGBVeJ Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Hakka translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 42 19 9 11 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 19 9 12 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hakka translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 72 28
  2. A surname from Chinese.
    A surname from Cantonese.
    Sense id: en-Liu-en-name-b2nZxYz7 Categories (other): English surnames, Terms with Cantonese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (surname 劉/刘): (Chinese Cantonese), (lau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), (Chinese Mandarin), (Liú) (Chinese Mandarin), (Hakka Chinese), (Hakka Chinese), Liu (Hungarian), Liu (Indonesian), Lưu (Vietnamese), (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'surname 劉/刘': 51 49

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/liˈu/",
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      "sense": "surname 劉/刘",
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      "word": "刘"
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      "sense": "surname 劉/刘",
      "word": "Liu"
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      "sense": "surname 劉/刘",
      "word": "Liu"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "surname 劉/刘",
      "word": "Lưu"
    },
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "surname 劉/刘",
      "word": "劉"
    }
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}

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