Yuè is the
Hanyu 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 for ...
transliteration of the
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 ...
岳. In places which use the
Wade-Giles romanization such as Taiwan, Yue is usually spelled as "Yüeh" or "Yueh".
Yuè is also the pinyin transliteration of the surname 樂 in
traditional character and 乐 in
simplified character. This name can also be read as
Lè, which has a different origin.
Prominent individuals with the surname Yue 岳
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Yue Hua (岳華) actor
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Yue Fei
Yue Fei ( zh, t=岳飛; March 24, 1103 – January 28, 1142), courtesy name Pengju (), was a Chinese military general who lived during the Southern Song dynasty and a national hero of China, known for leading Southern Song forces in the wa ...
(岳飛) military general who lived in the Southern Song dynasty
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Yue Xin (activist)
Yue Xin ( zh, c=岳昕; born ) is a Chinese Student activism, student activist and graduate from Peking University who disappeared on 23 August 2018, following her participation in the Jasic incident, Jasic labour dispute. A Marxism, Marxist a ...
(岳昕) feminist and Marxist activist
Prominent individuals with the surname Yue 樂/乐
It is the 81st name on the ''
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 ...
'' poem.
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press
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Yue Jin (樂進) Military General who served under Warlord Cao Cao in the Late Han Dynasty
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Yue Yi (樂毅) Minister of the states of Zhao and Yan in the Warring States era
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Yue Guang
Yue Guang (; died 304), courtesy name Yanfu (彥輔), was a Chinese calligrapher, politician who was one of the pure conversation leaders in the Jin Dynasty, and an individual with a literary reputation by others at that time.
Yue Guang was born ...
(樂廣) Minister of West Jin during the Jin dynasty
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Chinese-language surnames
Multiple Chinese surnames