Lo
A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Proper noun
- A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
- A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Origin
From Cantonese 盧 /卢 (lou⁴) and Hokkien 盧 /卢 (Lô͘).
Related
Proper noun Entry 2
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
- A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Origin
From Mandarin 羅 /罗 (Luó) or Cantonese 羅 /罗 (lo⁴). Doublet of Luo and Law.
Proper noun Entry 3
- An abbreviated form of surnames beginning with "Lo-".
Derived
Proper noun Entry 4
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
- Ts’ao Chih’s “Goddess of the Lo” at first reading appears to depart from the prevailing current of realism which I have outlined above, describing as it does a vision of Fu-fei, the goddess of the Lo River, as she...
- The waters of the Lo River enjoyed a reputation as venerable as those of the great Ho itself, into which it ultimately empties. - 1973, Edward H. Schafer, The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang...
- He also spent time lecturing in neighbouring counties, such as the free school in Lo-ning 洛寧, Honan, later known as the Lo-hsi shu-yüan 洛西書院 or ' Academy West of the [River] Lo.' - 1980, Papers on Far Eastern History,...
Origin
From Mandarin 洛 (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴.