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Xu can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames:
- 徐 (pinyin Xú, also spelled Hsu or Tsui or Eu)
- 許 (traditional) or 许 (simplified), (pinyin Xǔ, also spelled Hui or Hii)
In this context it is pronounced somewhat like Shoo or simply Shh.
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Famous people surnamed 徐:
- Xu Beihong, painter
- Xu Bing, artist
- Xu Huang, character from Romance of the Three Kingdoms
- Xu Jun, chess player
- Xu Sheng, 3rd century general
- Xu Shichang, President of Republic of China (Beiyang government)
- Xu Shouhui, Yuan dynasty rebel leader
- Xu Wei, Ming dynasty painter
- Xu Xiake, writer
- Xu Xiangqian, Chinese Communist military leader
- Xu Zhimo, author
- Xu, Zhenya, Well-known Lingustist, Computer Scientist, and Educator.
- Tsui Hark, film director
- Vivian Hsu, actress
- Philip Jaisohn, first Korean-American citizen
- Xu Jianke, Scientist
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Famous people surnamed 許/许:
- Xu Chu, Wei general
- Xu Dishan, author
- Xu Shen, Han dynasty dictionary compiler
- Evonne Hsu, singer
- Hsu Hsin-liang, Taiwanese politician
- Samuel Hui, musician
- Michael Hui, filmmaker
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Non-Chinese meanings
- Xu is a minor currency of Vietnam. 100 xu = 1 dong.
- Xu is the creator god of the Bushmen of Africa.
- Xu is a minor character in Final Fantasy VIII.
- "xu" is the symbol of the X unit.
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