Che (surname)
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| Che (车/車) | |
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| Pronunciation | Chē (Mandarin) |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
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| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
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| Derivative(s) | Cha (Korean) |
Che[1] is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 车 in simplified Chinese and 車 in traditional Chinese. It is listed 229th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[2] As of 2008, it is the 191st most common surname in China, shared by 540,000 people.[3] It is romanized Cha in Korean.
Notable people
- Che Zhou (車冑; died 199 AD), Eastern Han dynasty general under Cao Cao
- Che Yin (车胤; 4th century), Eastern Jin dynasty official
- Che Wanyu (車萬育; 1632–1705), Qing dynasty scholar-official
- Che Dingjin (車鼎晉; 1668–1733), Qing dynasty scholar and poet, son of Che Wanyu
- Che Yonghong (車永宏; 1833–1914), martial artist, Xing Yi Quan master
- Che Qingyun (車慶雲; 1881–?), Republic of China general
- Che Xiangchen (车向忱; 1898–1971), Vice-Governor of Liaoning province
- Che Jun (车俊; born 1955), deputy party secretary of Xinjiang
- Che Yanjiang (車炎江; born 1969), Taiwanese singer
- Stephanie Che (born 1974), Hong Kong singer and actress
- Che Yongli (born 1980), actress
- Che Runqiu (born 1990), football player
- Che Samuel (born 1991), pharmacist and entrepreneur
