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Scaramouche (French:) or Scaramouch (English: / ˈ s k ær ə m uː (t) ʃ,-m aʊ tʃ /; from Italian Scaramuccia [skaraˈmuttʃa]; lit. ' little skirmisher ' ) is a stock clown character of the 16th-century commedia dell'arte (comic theatrical arts of Italian literature ).
Old Chinese. Derivation. Nie. Meaning. drawing a bow, [1] archer, bowyer, a measure word. Zhang ( [ʈʂáŋ] ⓘ; traditional Chinese: 張; simplified Chinese: 张) is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as Chang in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world. [2] [3] It is spoken in the ...
Meaning. Steep hill, mountain. Other names. Variant form (s) Ts'en, Tsen, Sam, Shum, Sham, Sum, Sang, Gim, Khim, Chim. Cen is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 岑 in Chinese character. It is romanized Ts'en in Wade–Giles, and variously as Sam, Sum, Sham, Shum in Cantonese, Gim, Khim, Chim in Taiwanese Hokkien ...
Zhou (surname) Zhōu ( Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu; Wade–Giles: Chou¹) is a Chinese-language surname. In places which use the Wade–Giles romanization such as Taiwan, Zhou is usually spelled as Chou, and it may also be spelled as Chiau, Chau, Chao, Chew, Chow, Chiu, Cho, Chu, Jhou, Jou, Djou, Jue, Jow, Joe, or Tseu, depending on regional ...
Tan is the Chinese character 's Hanyu Pinyin romanisation in Mandarin Chinese. It is pronounced and romanised differently in different languages and dialects. [ 3] In Cantonese Chinese, it is romanised as Taam4 in Jyutping and Tàahm in Cantonese Yale. It is romanised as Tam in Hong Kong and Macau. In Toisanese Chinese, it may be romanised as ...
吕/呂 is the 47th most common surname in China, [3] shared by 5.6 million people, or 0.47% of the Chinese population as of 2002. [4] It is especially common in Shandong and Henan provinces. [4] The surname originated from the ancient State of Lü.
Meaning. Chinese ( 雷 ): "thunder". Eastern Lombard: "July". Other names. Variant form (s) Chinese ( 雷, 呂 ): Loi, Louie, Looi. Italian: Giugni, Lugli. Lui is a surname in various cultures. It may be a variant spelling of two Chinese surnames ( 雷 Léi and 呂 Lǚ ), as well as an Italian surname.
Li or Lee (; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [1] Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, [2] and more than 100 million in Asia. [3]