Hua (surname)

Not to be confused with Hứa in Vietnamese (regarding 許/许 in Chinese)

Hua[1] is a common transliteration for some Chinese surnames, of which the most common ones are 華/华 (pinyin: Huà)[2] and 花 (pinyin: Huā). The Cantonese romanizations for 華 and 花 are Wah and Fa, respectively. 華, when pronounced in the fourth tone in Mandarin, is exclusively used in the name of Mount Hua and as a surname. The usual pronunciation of 華 is huá, which literally means "prosper" and is used as a reference to the Chinese people. On the other hand, 花 literally means "flower".

Notable people with the surname Huà (华 / 華)

Notable fictional people with the surname Huā (花)

References

  1. The approximate pronunciation in English is /ˈhwɑː/.
  2. Meaning of Chinese names - H


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