Luo refers to the Mandarin romanizations of the Chinese surnames 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. Mandarin (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally speech of officials), or Beifanghua (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally Northern Dialect(s)), is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. ... In linguistics, romanization (or Latinization, also spelled romanisation or Latinisation) is the representation of a word or language with the Roman (Latin) alphabet, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system. ... A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) or clan name (氏; pinyin: shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Jyutping (sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Jyutping (sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ...

In Cantonese, 羅 is usually romanized as Lo and sometimes Law, Loh, or Lowe, and 駱 is usually romanized as Lok although the more Western-appearing romanization Locke can sometimes be found. Cantonese is a major dialect group or language of the Chinese language, a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ...

Prominent people

• 羅
  • Luo Guanzhong
  • Xianglin Luo(Lo Hsiang Lin)
  • Luo Ronghuan
  • Luo Gan
  • Show Luo
• 駱
  • Luo Binwang
  • Gary Locke

Luo Guanzhong (Traditional Chinese: 羅貫中, Wade Giles: Lo Kuan-chung) was a 14th century Chinese author attributed with writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms and editing Outlaws of the Marsh, two of the most revered adventure epics in Chinese literature. ... Xianglin Luo（1906-1978）， is one of the most renowned researchers in Hakka language and Hakka culture. ... Luo Ronghuan (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Luó Rónghuán; Wade-Giles: Lo Jung-huan, November 26, 1902 – December 16, 1963) was a Chinese communist military leader. ... Luo Gan (ç½—å¹²) (born July 1935) is a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China and Political and Legislative Affairs Committee secretary of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Show Luo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; born July 30, 1979 in Taiwan) is a Taiwanese singer, host, dancer, and actor. ... Luo Binwang (骆宾王) (around 640 - 684) of the Tang Dynasty, was a Chinese poet born at Yiwu, Wuzhou, Zhejiang, but raised in Shandong. ... Former Governor Gary Locke Gary F. Locke (born January 21, 1950 in Seattle, Washington) was the Democratic governor of Washington (1997-2005), and the first Chinese-American governor in United States history. ...

External links

• http://www.luoshi.net/
• http://big5.ccnt.com.cn/china/surname/tribe/luo-1.htm
• http://www.greatchinese.com/surname/075.htm
• http://www.greatchinese.com/surname/152.htm