Liu

L1I1U1
surname/liˈoʊ/surname/liˈu/Hong Kong/ˈliu̯/

proper noun

A surname from Chinese.

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Meanings

proper nounLiu (plural Lius)

plural Lius

  1. A surname from Chinese.
    1 more example

    We now have good reason to question the pursuits of the vaunted innovators with whom Liu consorted in California – the blissed-out cultists at Google, whose only worry is over “the wrong kind of sparkling water in the microkitchens”, or the manic experts who specialise in “envisioning hyperplanes in n-dimensional space”.

    2020 April 7, Peter Conrad, “Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu review – rebooting our reality”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2025
    1. A surname from Mandarin.
    2. A surname from Cantonese.

Origin

  1. Cantonese廖
  2. Mandarin劉 /刘
  3. EnglishLiu

From several Chinese surnames, including: * From Mandarin 劉 /刘 (liú). Doublet of Lau and Luu. * From Cantonese 廖 (liu⁶). Doublet of Liao.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 劉 /刘
  • 劉 /刘 (lau⁴)surname 劉/刘
Chinese Mandarin 劉 /刘
  • 劉 /刘 (Liú)surname 劉/刘
Hungarian Liu
  • Liusurname 劉/刘
Indonesian Liu
  • Liusurname 劉/刘
Vietnamese Lưu, 劉
  • Lưusurname 劉/刘
  • 劉surname 劉/刘

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

lewlieulue (without yod-dropping)

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Liu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liu

MLA

“Liu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Liu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Liu.

Source: Liu on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.