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Tou (surname)
Tou is a surname in various cultures. Origins Tou may be: *An English surname, recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as the name of a landholder *The Cantonese Jyutping romanisation of the Chinese surname spelled in Mandarin Pinyin as Táo () *The Wade-Giles romanisation of various Chinese surnames spelled in Pinyin as Dou (; IPA: ) *An alternative spelling of the Chinese surname spelled in Pinyin as Tuǒ () *A Cambodian surname (; IPA: ), spelled in both Geographic Department romanisation and UNGEGN romanisation as Tu Statistics As of 2017, 2 people in Denmark and 48 people in Norway bore the surname Tou. The 2010 United States Census found 312 people with the surname Tou, making it the 63,873rd-most-common name in the country, up from 251 (72,237th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, slightly more than three-quarters of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian, and between 10% and 15% as White. People People with the surname Tou include: *Tou Samouth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Language
Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the world's population) speak a variety of Chinese as their first language. Chinese languages form the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages family. The spoken varieties of Chinese are usually considered by native speakers to be variants of a single language. However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means they are sometimes considered separate languages in a family. Investigation of the historical relationships among the varieties of Chinese is ongoing. Currently, most classifications posit 7 to 13 main regional groups based on phonetic developments from Middle Chinese, of which the most spoken by far is Mandarin (with about 800 million speakers, or 66%), followed by Min (75 million, e.g. Southern Min), Wu (74 million, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodian Names
Cambodian names (or Khmer names; ) are names used or originating in Cambodia which usually consist of two elements including a patronymic, which serves as a common family name for siblings, followed by a given name (i.e. following the Eastern name order)."Naming systems of the world" (self-published). Citing Huffman, Franklin Eugene ''Cambodian names and titles'' Institute of Far Eastern Languages, (1968). OCLC 20035170. An exampl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tou Chung-hua
Tuo Tsung-hua (; born 10 October 1962) is a Taiwanese actor. He won the 2005 Golden Bell Award for Best Actor. Selected filmography *''Osmanthus Alley'' (1987) *'' A Home Too Far'' (1990) *'' Zodiac Killers'' (1991) *'' 18'' (1993) *''The Day the Sun Turned Cold'' (1994) *''Siao Yu'' (1995) *'' The Christ of Nanjing'' (1995) *'' Wolves Cry Under the Moon'' (1997) *''July Rhapsody ''July Rhapsody'' () is a 2002 Hong Kong drama film directed by Ann Hui and produced by Ann Hui and Derek Yee. Overview The film's Chinese title literally translates to Man, 40. Its alternative title is Laam yan sei sap. The film explores mi ...'' (2002) *''The Pawnshop No. 8'' (2003) *''Island of Fire'' (2006) *''Lust, Caution'' (2007) *''Parking (2008 film), Parking'' (2008) *''The Warrior and the Wolf'' (2009) *''Soul (2013 film), Soul'' (2013) *''Bromance (2015 TV series), Bromance'' (2015) *''First of May (2015 film), First of May'' (2015) *''Godspeed (film), Godspeed'' (2016) *''Plant Goddes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
