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Ruan (surname)

Ruan
Ruan surname in regular script
PronunciationRuǎn (Pinyin)
Oán or Ńg (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)Chinese, Vietnamese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Ruan, Juan (Mandarin)
Un, Yuen (Cantonese)
Wan, Wee, Ng, Guan (Hokkien)
Nguang (Teochew)
Nguang (Hokchew)
완/롼, 원 (Korean)
げん, グエン (Japanese)
Nguyễn (Vietnamese)
Derivative(s)Nguyễn

Ruan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Ruǎn; Wade–Giles: Juan, [ʐwàn] ) is a Chinese surname.

The Taiwanese Hokkien version [uân] or [ŋ̩̂] is transcribed Oán and Ńg in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The Cantonese version [jy̌n] is romanized Jyun2 in the Jyutping system or Yún in the Yale system, or more commonly Yuen or Un (the latter is typical in Macau). In Hokchew Chinese, it is Nguang.

Its Vietnamese equivalent is Nguyễn (pronounced [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥] in Northern Vietnamese and [ŋwiəŋ˨˩˦] in Southern Vietnamese), and is the most common Vietnamese family name.


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Žuan Czech Japanese Ruan (achternaam) Dutch Жуань (фамилия) Russian 阮姓 Chinese 阮氏 ZH-CLASSICAL Ńg (sèⁿ) ZH-MIN-NAN 阮氏 ZH-YUE

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