You () is the

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese fo ...

romanization Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, a ...

of several

Chinese family name Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

s including 尤 Yóu, 游 Yóu, 犹 Yóu, 由 Yóu, 右 Yòu, 幽 Yōu, etc. Among these names, 尤 Yóu and 游 Yóu are relatively common. 尤 Yóu is the 19th surname in

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...

. In

Wade–Giles Wade–Giles () is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade, during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert A. Giles's '' Chinese–English Dictionary'' o ...

romanization system, You is spelled as Yu.

Notable people

Yóu 尤

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You Ching You Ching (; born 20 March 1942) was the Republic of China (Taiwan) representative to Germany. A practicing lawyer since 1978, he obtained his bachelor's degree in law from the National Chengchi University in 1965 and his doctorate from the Unive ...

(born 1942), Taiwanese diplomat *

You Quan You Quan (; born January 1954) is a Chinese politician who is the former director of the United Front Work Department and a former secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party. He previously served as Communist Party Secretary of F ...

(born 1954), Chinese politician, former Communist Party Secretary of Fujian province *

You Yong You Yong (born 13 December 1963) is a Chinese actor. He enrolled in the Xi'an Drama School (西安话剧院) in 1979 and joined the Shanghai Theatre Academy Shanghai Theatre Academy () is a public university in Shanghai, People's Republic of ...

(born 1963), Chinese actor *

You Wenhui You Wenhui (; born October 20, 1979, in Shanghai) is a female Chinese beach volleyball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the ...

(born 1979), Chinese volleyball player * You Meihong (born 1993), Chinese swimmer *

You Zhangjing You Zhangjing (; ms, Yu Chang Chin; born September 19, 1994) also known as Azora Chin (English Name) is a Malaysian singer and songwriter based in mainland China. He was a main vocalist of Chinese boy group Nine Percent created by 2018 Chinese ...

(born 1994), Malaysian singer and songwriter, former member of

Nine Percent Nine Percent (Chinese: 百分九少年; commonly stylized as NINE PERCENT) was a nine-member Chinese boy group formed by the survival show '' Idol Producer'' by iQIYI on April 6, 2018. The group was scheduled to promote for 18 months since form ...

You Xiaodi You Xiaodi (; ; born 12 May 1996) is a Chinese tennis player. She has won one WTA Challenger doubles title, as well as six singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 16 March 2020, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. ...

(born 1996), Chinese tennis player * Yu Ming-shi, Administrative Deputy Minister of Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China

Yóu 游

You Benchang You Benchang (; born 16 September 1933) is a Chinese actor. You is noted for his roles as Ji Gong in the television series ''Ji Gong'', which earned him a Best Actor Award at the 4th Golden Eagle Awards. Early life and education You was born ...

(born 1933), Chinese actor * You Hwai-yin (born 1942), Taiwanese banker and Kuomintang politician *

Yu Shyi-kun You Si-kun (; born 25 April 1948), also romanized Yu Shyi-kun, is a Taiwanese politician serving as a member and the president of the Legislative Yuan. He was one of the founding members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and is know ...

(born 1948), Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician *

Yu An-shun Yu An-shun (; born 5 November 1967) is a Taiwanese actor. He was the lead actor in Hou Hsiao-hsien's ''The Time to Live and the Time to Die ''The Time to Live and the Time to Die'', also known as ''A Time to Live, A Time to Die'' is a 1985 Ta ...

(born 1967), Taiwanese actor *

Chris Yu Chris Yu (; born October 30, 1968) is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter. Known for his ballads, Yu has written for several pop music artists, including Alan Tam, Andy Lau, Stefanie Sun, Sammi Cheng, Coco Lee, and Cass Phang. His 2002 release ...

(born 1968, Taiwanese singer *

Charles Yu Charles Chowkai Yu (born January 3, 1976) is an American writer. He is the author of the novels '' How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe'' and '' Interior Chinatown'', as well as the short-story collections ''Third Class Superhero'' ...

(born 1976), American writer of Taiwanese descent *

Martino Yu Martino Yu (; born 1977), a Taiwanese artist, who was born in Taoyuan, North Taiwan. He had studied Chinese calligraphy and painting since the childhood. In Taipei, he majored in Chinese painting for the B.F.A and M.F.A. degree.《水墨韻筆� ...

(born 1977), Taiwanese artist * Kelvin Yu (born 1979), American actor of Taiwanese descent

Yóu 由

You Xigui You Xigui (; born May 1939) is a retired general in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was an alternate member of the 15th and 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography You was born in Ding County (now Dingzhou), ...

(born 1939), People's Liberation Army general *

You Yuanwen You Yuanwen (Chinese: 由元文 born 23 April 1986) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Sichuan Longfor in the China League One. Club career You Yuanwen started his career playing for the top-tier side Henan Jianye during the 20 ...

(born 1986), Chinese football striker and midfielder

Other or unknown

Dominique You Dominique You or Youx (born Frederic You or Youx, c. 1775 – November 15, 1830) was a privateer, soldier, and politician. Biography According to information he provided to his masonic lodge in New Orleans, he was born in Cette (now spelled Sè ...

(1775–1830), French privateer *

Lum You Lum You (c. 1861 – January 31, 1902)—sometimes spelled Lum Yu—was an immigrant Chinese laborer and convicted murderer in the Pacific Northwest. He is famous for being the only person to have been legally executed in Pacific County, Washi ...

(1861–1902), Chinese man convicted of murder in the Pacific Northwest *

You Hockry You Hockry (, born 20 August 1944) is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to the Funcinpec party and was elected to represent Kampong Cham in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003.Carson Huey You Carson Huey-You (born July 2002) is a child prodigy who is the youngest person to graduate from college in the state of Texas and among the youngest in the world. He graduated from Texas Christian University on May 13, 2017 with a bachelor's deg ...

(born 2002), American student, youngest person to ever receive a bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University *

You Bo You Bo is a Khmer writer and the president of the Khmer Writers' Association, whose office is located at Wat Botum Wat Botum ( km, វត្តបទុម, UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; lit. 'Temple of the Lotus Blossoms'), the official name is Wat Bot ...

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