Gao (surname)
Chinese surname (高)
Gao is a Chinese family name that can be literally translated as "high" or "tall". There are about 16 million living people with this surname. Some places, such as Taiwan, usually romanize this family name into Kao. In Hong Kong, it is romanized to Ko. In Macau, it is romanized to Kou.
Gao | |
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Pronunciation | Gāo (Pinyin) Ko (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Gou1 (Jyutping) |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean |
Meaning | high, tall |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Gao, Kao (Mandarin) Ko, Kou (Cantonese, Hokkien) Ko (Korean) Cao (Vietnamese) |
Derivative(s) | Ko |
Romanization and pronunciation change
Dialect or Format | Transliteration or Pronunciation |
Mandarin | Gāo (Hanyu pinyin); Kao1 (Wade-Giles) |
Cantonese | Gou1 (Jyutping) |
Minnan | Ko (Peh-oe-ji) |
Vietnamese | Cao |
Korean | Ko(McCune–Reischauer) |