Luo (surname)
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Luo or "Lo" refers to the Mandarin romanization
s of the Chinese surname
s 羅 (Simplified Chinese: 罗, pinyin
: Luó, Jyutping
: Lo4) and 駱 (Simplified Chinese: 骆, pinyin
: Luò, Jyutping
: Lok3). Of the two surnames, 羅 is much more common among Chinese people.
In Cantonese, 羅 is usually romanized as Law or Lo, and sometimes Loh, or Lowe, and 駱 is usually romanized as Lok although the more Western-appearing romanization Locke can sometimes be found.
In Korea
, 羅 is transcribed as either 라 (Ra) or 나 (Na).
In Vietnam
, the name 羅 is pronounced La and 駱 is pronounced Lạc.
Romanization
In linguistics, romanization or latinization is the representation of a written word or spoken speech with the Roman script, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system . Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written...
s of the Chinese surname
Chinese surname
Chinese family names have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and among overseas Chinese communities. In ancient times two types of surnames, family names and clan names , existed.The colloquial expressions laobaixing...
s 羅 (Simplified Chinese: 罗, pinyin
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Luó, Jyutping
Jyutping
Jyutping is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme...
: Lo4) and 駱 (Simplified Chinese: 骆, pinyin
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Luò, Jyutping
Jyutping
Jyutping is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme...
: Lok3). Of the two surnames, 羅 is much more common among Chinese people.
In Cantonese, 羅 is usually romanized as Law or Lo, and sometimes Loh, or Lowe, and 駱 is usually romanized as Lok although the more Western-appearing romanization Locke can sometimes be found.
In Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
, 羅 is transcribed as either 라 (Ra) or 나 (Na).
In Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, the name 羅 is pronounced La and 駱 is pronounced Lạc.
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- Luo GuanzhongLuo GuanzhongLuo Ben , better known by his style name Luo Guanzhong , was a Chinese writer of the early Ming Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was also known as Huhai Sanren...
- Xianglin LuoXianglin LuoLo Hsiang-lin is one of the most renowned researchers in Hakka language and culture. His pioneering research in Hakka genealogy showed that the Hakka are Han Chinese. He was born in Xingning, Guangdong in 1906 and died in 1978. He attended Xingmin middle school, Tsinghua University, and Yenching...
(Lo Hsiang Lin) - Luo RonghuanLuo RonghuanLuo Ronghuan was a Chinese communist military leader.-Biography:Luo was born in a village in Hengshan County, Hunan Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in April 1927 and the Chinese Communist Party later that year...
- Luo GanLuo GanLuo Gan is a former member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China and former Political and Legislative Affairs Committee secretary of the People's Republic of China.-Biography:...
- Lo Ta-yuLo Ta-yuLo Ta-yu or Luo Dayou is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter who, during the 1980s, affected Chinese pop and rock music with his melodic lyrics, his love songs, and his witty social and political commentary that he infused in his more political songs, often to the point that some of his songs were...
- Show LuoShow LuoShow Luo also known as Xiao Zhu was born on 30 July 1979. He is a Taiwanese entertainer: Mandopop singer, dancer, host and actor. He has been dubbed "Dancing King of Asia" for his dancing skills.-Biography:...
- Justin LoJustin LoJustin Lo is a singer-songwriter, actor and record producer working in Hong Kong and China.-Biography:Lo was born in Syracuse, New York, and moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was two years old. He studied at St Paul's Co-educational Primary School and St. Paul's Co-educational College....
, a singer-songwriter, actor and record producer working in Hong Kong - Law LanLaw LanHelena Law Lan is a Hong Kong actress. Law Lan is popularly cast as a type of mystic in many Hong Kong horror movies.-TV series:-Films:*The Kid *Story of the White-haired Demon Girl...
- Dennis Law Sau-YiuDennis Law Sau-YiuDennis Law Sau-yiu is a Hong Kong film producer, screenwriter and director. He is the former chairman and executive director of Milkyway Image, and a founder of its subsidiary company Point of View Movie Production Co. Ltd...
- Law Wing-CheongLaw Wing-CheongLaw Wing-Cheong is a Hong Kong film editor, an assistant director, film director and actor. He is best known for collaborating as an associate director for films made by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai of Milkyway Image.-Biography:...
- Law Kar-yingLaw Kar-YingLaw Kar-ying is a Hong Kong-based actor. He was originally a Cantonese Opera artiste. In 1990 he turned to acting in movies. He became popular after being cast in From Beijing with Love, which also starred Stephen Chow, as Da Vinci, an inventor whose list of gadgets include a solar-powered...
- Gallen LoGallen LoGallen Lo Ka-leung is a Hong Kong actor and singer who primarily acts in television series. He is sometimes credited as King Gallen or Law Ka-leung.-Career:...
, a Hong Kong actor and singer who primarily acts in television series - Jerry LoJerry LoJerry Lo also known as DJ Jerry, is a singer , songwriter and The Hard Trance DJ , who was very popular in Taiwan in the 1990s. He was one of the first American born Taiwanese singers to become famous in Taiwan, along with the L.A. Boyz...
(DJ Jerry, born 1972), a singer and songwriter, popular in Taiwan in the 1990s - Him LawHim LawLaw Chung-him , known as Him Law, is a Hong Kong film and television actor. Law began his acting career by starring as supporting characters in several well-known films, most notably in Mob Sister , which was also Law's debut film...
駱
- Luo BinwangLuo BinwangLuo Binwang , courtesy name Guanguang , was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. His family was from modern Wuzhou, Zhejiang, but he was raised in Shandong...
- Gary LockeGary LockeGary Locke may refer to:*Gary Locke , Chinese American politician; U.S. Secretary of Commerce and former Governor of Washington*Gary Locke *Gary Locke...
(born 1950), American politician, current United States Ambassador to China - Felix Lok
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- Andrew LoAndrew LoAndrew W. Lo is the Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a leading authority on hedge funds and financial engineering; he proposed the Adaptive market hypothesis...
, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management - Anna LoAnna LoAnna Manwah Lo MBE is an Alliance Party politician in Northern Ireland. Born in Hong Kong, of Chinese ethnicity, Lo was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Belfast in the 2007 assembly election...
, MBE, MLA (born 1950), an Alliance Party politician in Northern Ireland - Bernard LoBernard Lo-Biography:Bernard Lo is a Hong Kong-based anchor for CNBC. Prior to that he was a Hong Kong-based anchor at Bloomberg Television since 2004. He also hosted the chat show Asia Confidential with Bernie Lo. He has interviewed Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Richard Branson amongst...
, a TV anchor and host on Bloomberg TV Asia - Candy LoCandy LoCandy Lo is a Canto-rock singer-songwriter and actress from Hong Kong. She has released 9 studio albums, over 40 singles, 2 compilations, 1 live album and 1 EP with Sony Music to date. On June 11 she released her first EP on her new label WOW Music....
, a Canto-rock singer-songwriter and actress from Hong Kong - Chang Tung LoChang Tung LoChang Tung Lo is a Chinese chess player. He was a member of the Chinese national chess team. He competed at the Chess Olympiad in 1978, the first time China competed...
, a Chinese chess player - Eileen Yin-Fei LoEileen Yin-Fei LoEileen Yin-Fei Lo is a chef. She is the author of eleven cookbooks on Chinese cuisine.-Childhood:Lo was born in Sun Tak, a suburb of Canton, China. At the age of five, she began to cook which was encouraged by her parents, particularly her mother who believed that “children should know how to...
, educator, chef and author of eleven cookbooks on Chinese cuisine - Ernie Chi-Fung LoErnie Chi-Fung LoErnie Chi-Fung Lo , is a former Chairman of the Hong Kong Frontline Doctors' Union and the Honorary Secretary of the Hong Kong Medical Association . A graduate of St. Paul's Co-educational College and the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine, he is an ophthalmologist in Hong Kong....
, a former Chairman of the Hong Kong Frontline Doctors' Union - Hollie LoHollie LoHollie Lo is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Karena Eng in the movie Eve and the Fire Horse.-Awards:...
(born 1993), a Canadian actress, played Karena Eng in the movie Eve and the Fire Horse - Jason LoJason LoJason Lo Sei Hoi is a Malaysian music artist, music producer, DJ and entrepreneur. He is sometimes known by the nicknames "LO" and "J Lo".-Early life:...
, a Malaysian music artist, music producer, DJ and entrepreneur - Ken LoKen LoKen Low Wai-kwong is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and a ex-member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.-Early life:...
(born 1959), an actor, martial artist, and member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team born - Khun LoKhun LoKhun Lo was the eldest of the sons of Khun Borom, who had seven sons, and the first of the Lao kings. The royal families of Laos trace their lineage to him. He founded the city of Luang Prabang.He died in 780 and was succeeded by Khun Sung....
, the eldest of the sons of Khun Borom and the first of the Lao kings - Kuo Hui Lo (born 1985), a Taiwanese baseball player in the Seattle Mariners organization
- Leyan LoLeyan LoLeyan Andrew Lo held the world record of 11.13 seconds for the fastest Rubik's Cube solve until Toby Mao in 2006 had a solve of 10.48 at the U.S. nationals competition in San Francisco. Leyan appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he solved a Rubik's Cube in 18.9 seconds...
(born 1985), held the world record of 11.13 seconds for the fastest Rubik's Cube solution - Lo Chen-JungLo Chen-JungLo Chen-Jung is a retired Taiwanese left-handed baseball pitcher. He had been a member of the amateur Taiwan Power Company Baseball Team throughout his career...
(born 1961), a retired Taiwanese left-handed baseball pitcher - Lo Chi KwanLo Chi KwanLo Chi Kwan is a Hong Kong international football player, who currently plays his club football for Hong Kong First Division side Kitchee.-Kitchee career:Lo Chi Kwan scored a hat-trick in Kitchee's 6:0 win over Hong Kong Sapling on 25 September 2011....
(born 1981), a Hong Kong international football player - Lo Chih-anLo Chih-anLo Chih-an is a Taiwanese football player who comes from Atayal tribe. Despite still being a high school student, Lo made his debut for Chinese Taipei national football team, together with his brother Lo Chih-en, and assisted the latter's first goal in the game against Guam of East Asian Cup 2008...
(born 1988), a Taiwanese football player who comes from Atayal tribe - Lo Chih-enLo Chih-enLo Chih-en is a Taiwanese football player. He comes from Atayal tribe. On June 17, 2007, Lo made his debut for Chinese Taipei in the game against Guam of East Asian Cup 2008 preliminary competition, in which he scored 4 goals to help Chinese Taipei's 10-0 victory. His twin brother, Lo Chih-an, is...
(born 1988), a Taiwanese football player - Lo Chun KitLo Chun KitLo Chun Kit is a Hong Kong professional football player playing for Hong Kong First Division League team Tai Chung. His position is right-back.-Career statistics:As at 20 September 2008-External links:* , 20. 盧俊傑 -Accolades:...
(born 1985), a Hong Kong professional football player - Lo ElganLo ElganLuó Ĕrgang was a historian and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher. Born in Guigang City, Guangxi Province, he was an authority on the Taiping Rebellion from a Left wing viewpoint.- Study under Professor Hu Shih:...
(1901–1997), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher - Lo Hoi PangLo Hoi PangLo Hoi-pang is a Hong Kong actor for both TVB and ATV, and a singer. Lo attended TVB's Training Classes in 1973. Among his classmates are Chow Yun-fat and Ng Man-tat.-Filmography:*The Legend of the Book and the Sword...
, a Hong Kong actor, television actor for both TVB and ATV, and a singer - Lo Hoi-singLo Hoi-singLo Hoi-sing was a Hong Kong businessman, born in a Hong Kong communist family. He is famous for rescuing Chinese dissidents in the Operation Yellowbird after Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He was arrested in the operation in 1989...
(1949–2010), a Hong Kong businessman, born in a Hong Kong communist family - Lo Hsiang-lin (1906–1978), one of the most renowned researchers in Hakka language and culture
- Lo Hsiao-TingLo Hsiao-TingLo Hsiao-Ting is a Taiwanese softball player. She competed for Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:...
(born 1982), a Taiwanese softball player - Lo Hsing HanLo Hsing HanLo Hsing Han or Law Sit Han is a former Burmese drug trafficker and present-day major Burmese business tycoon, with financial ties to Singapore. He is an ethnic Kokang.-Rise and fall:...
(born 1935), a former Burmese drug trafficker, now a major Burmese business tycoon - Lo Ka FaiLo Ka FaiLo Ka Fai is a racecar driver who competed in the Asian Touring Car Championship in 2002, 2004 and 2005. He also joined the GR Asia SEAT team for the 2005 World Touring Car Championship.- References :...
(born 1976), a racecar driver who competed in the Asian Touring Car Championship - Lo Kuo-ChongLo Kuo-ChongLo Kuo-Chong is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player and currently a baseball coach. He had been well known for his excellent fielding ability, which was demonstrated by setting CPBL's record of did not error in a streak of continuous 153 fielding chances during his rookie 1994 season,...
(born 1965), a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player, now a baseball coach - Lo Kwan YeeLo Kwan YeeLo Kwan Yee is a professional footballer who currently plays as wingback or midfielder for Hong Kong side Kitchee. He is an attacking midfielder who can operate in central midfield or on the right wing...
(born 1984), a professional footballer, plays as a midfielder for Hong Kong side Kitchee - Lo LiehLo LiehLo Lieh was a Hong Kong actor in martial arts films. His real name is Wang Lap Tat. After his parents sent him back to China he attended acting school in Hong Kong. He began his martial arts training in 1962 and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in the same year and went on to become one of the...
(1939–2002), a Hong Kong actor in martial-arts films - Lo MangLo MangLo Mang is a Hong Kong based veteran martial artist who was born as Lo Hin Lam in Hong Kong on 23 July 1956. Primarily known for starring in Shaw Brothers kung fu movies in the latter part of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s...
(born 1956), a Hong Kong based veteran martial artist - Lo Ta-yuLo Ta-yuLo Ta-yu or Luo Dayou is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter who, during the 1980s, affected Chinese pop and rock music with his melodic lyrics, his love songs, and his witty social and political commentary that he infused in his more political songs, often to the point that some of his songs were...
, a Taiwanese singer and songwriter - Lo Tsung-loLo Tsung-loLo Tsung-lo , was a Chinese botanist and plant physiologist. Lo was a main founder of modern plant physiology in China. He was the first President of the National Taiwan University .-Biography:Luo was born in Huangyan, Zhejiang Province on 2 Aug 1898. Lo's father was a merchant...
(1898–1978), a notable Chinese botanist and plant physiologist - Lo WeiLo WeiLo Wei was a famous Hong Kong film director and film actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury....
(1918–1996), a Hong Kong film director and film actor, launched both Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan - Lo Wing-lokLo Wing-lokLo Wing-lok , JP, MD is a Hong Kong doctor and politician.Lo was graduated from St. Paul's College and Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. He was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong through medical sector functional constituency from 1998 to 2004...
JP (born 1954), a Hong Kong doctor and politician - Lormong LoLormong LoLormong Lo is the first Hmong American to be appointed to a city council in the U.S, in 1994, to manage the largest metropolitan city of a state like Nebraska...
, the first Hmong American to be appointed to a city council in the U.S, in 1994 - Lowell LoLowell LoLowell Lo is a Hong Kong singer, composer and actor. He wrote the score of many Hong Kong films. He is now also an environmental activist.-External links:*...
(born 1950), a Hong Kong composer and actor who has worked in conserving the environment - Martin LoMartin LoMartin Lo is a spacecraft trajectory expert currently working for JPL.- Introduction :Martin has been a research scientist in the Navigation and Mission Design Section at the JPL since 1986...
, a spacecraft trajectory expert currently working for JPL - Money LoMoney Lo-Filmography:* Web of Deception - Candy* Mr. Mumble - Mistress of Ceremonies* 100 Ways to Kill Yourself - Cardin* On Fire * Banana Club * Infatuation * O.C.T.B...
, a Hong Kong actress - Monica Lo (Lo Suk Yi) (born 1978), a Canadian model, actress and beauty queen
- Ricky LoRicky LoRicardo F. Lo, more popularly known as Ricky Lo, is an entertainment writer, showbiz commentator from the Philippines. He is of Chinese descent.He was born on April 17. He is a native of Las Navas, Northern Samar, where he finished grade school...
, entertainment writer, showbiz commentator and host in the Philippines - Steven LoSteven LoSteven Lo Kit-Sing is a Hong Kong and Macanese businessman active in the entertainment world.Born in Hong Kong, Steven Lo had his upbringing and education in Macau. After graduation from high school, he worked in the banking industry and then started up a European cars dealership business...
(born 1959), a Hong Kong and Macanese businessman active in the entertainment world - Teddy LoTeddy LoTeddy Lo is a Hong Kong and New York-based LED artist known for his work in the "tech-art" scene. He has held exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Lo studied advertising design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where he began exploring the use of...
, a Hong Kong-based LED artist known for his work in the "tech-art" scene - Victor LoVictor LoVictor Lo Chung-wing, GBS, OBE, JP is the chairman and chief executive of Gold Peak Industries, Ltd. .He was the chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2004 to 2009. He was also a non-official member of Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2009.-External...
, GBS, OBE, JP (born 1950), the chairman and chief executive of Gold Peak Industries, Ltd. (Holdings) - Vincent LoVincent LoVincent Lo is the chairman of Hong Kong-based Shui On Group, a building-materials and construction firm.Lo graduated from University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1969...
(born 1948), the chairman of Hong Kong-based Shui On Group, a building-materials and construction firm - Wayne LoWayne LoWayne Lo is a Taiwanese-American murderer who perpetrated the shooting at Simon's Rock College of Bard on December 14, 1992 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He killed one student and a professor, and wounded four people before he surrendered to police...
(born 1974), a Taiwanese-American murderer
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