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Quek Kai Dong
Quek is a Chinese, English, and German surname. Origins The English surname Quek is an alternative spelling of Quick (surname), Quick, which originated from Middle English and earlier Old English , both meaning 'lively' or 'nimble'. Quex and Quekes, toponymic surnames referring to Quex Park, Quex in Kent, are derived from ''Quek'' plus the English possessive marker ''s''. As a Chinese surname, Quek is found in Southeast Asia among Overseas Chinese communities Malaysian Chinese, in Malaysia and Chinese Singaporeans, in Singapore as an approximation of Southern Min pronunciations of the surname whose Standard Mandarin pronunciation is spelled in Hanyu Pinyin as Guo, Guō (). Other Southern Min-derived spellings of the same surname include Kek, Kerk (surname), Kerk, Kuek, Kweh, and Kwek. The German surname Quek is a variant spelling of Queck, which is usually derived from Middle High German or Middle Low German 'lively'. In some cases it may have originated as an occupational su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan (many citizens are descendants of settlers from Fujian), Eastern Guangdong, Hainan, and Southern Zhejiang. Southern Min dialects are also spoken by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora, most notably in Southeast Asia, such as Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern and Central Vietnam, as well as major cities in the United States, including in San Francisco, in Los Angeles and in New York City. Minnan is the most widely-spoken branch of Min, with approximately 34 million native speakers as of 2025. The most widely spoken Southern Min language is Hokkien, which includes Taiwanese. Other varieties of Southern Min have significant differences from Hok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |