Liu

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//liˈoʊ//
//liˈu//
//ˈliu̯//

A surname from Chinese.

proper noun

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A surname from Chinese.
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”.
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A surname from Chinese. A surname from Mandarin.
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A surname from Chinese. A surname from Cantonese.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: Lius

litter · Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for…little · Small, not large, limited, particularly Little · A characteristical surname.

Liu · A surname from Chinese.

Liv · A diminutive of the female given names Olive and Olivia.live · To be alive; to have life.lived · Having a specified duration of life.

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