Etymology

Cheah

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Today it means: A surname from Hokkien. Full definition →

Hokkien 謝 /谢 ← Teochew 謝 /谢
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The story

  1. Teochew · borrowed from謝 /谢
  2. Hokkien · borrowed from謝 /谢
  3. English todayCheah

From either Hokkien 謝 /谢 (Chiā) or Teochew 謝 /谢 (Zia⁷).

Words from the same roots

Hokkien謝 all →

siachia

Teochew謝 all →

chia

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.