Person's Names
See also: List of common Chinese surnames in SingaporeA large majority of Chinese people in Singapore are Hokkien (Min Nan speakers), and a lesser number Teochew. Hokkien and Teochew share many phonemes to the point that they are mutually intelligible. Thus the romanisations are similar and surnames such as Tan (Chinese: 陈; pinyin: Chén), Chua (Chinese: 蔡; pinyin: Cài), Koh (Chinese: 许; pinyin: Xǔ), etc., are very common.
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Famous quotes containing the words person and/or names:
“No melon is perfectly round; no person is completely perfect.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)