Frank Hsieh (謝長廷), former Kaohsiung mayor, Premier of the Republic of China, and DPP's candidate for the 2008 ROC Presidency.Kenneth Tse(謝德骥), renowned classical saxophone soloist.Xie Jinyuan (謝晉元), Commander of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse in the National Revolutionary Army of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.Beau Sia (謝福源), Chinese-American slam poet.Patrick Tse (謝賢), Actor, producer, screenwriter and director in Hong Kong cinema.Nicholas Tse (謝霆鋒), Hong Kong based singer and actor.Xie He (謝赫), Chinese writer, art historian and critic in the 6th century.Empress Xie Fanjing (謝梵境) was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Liu Song.Xie Shiguang (1917–2005), Chinese Catholic Bishop.Xie Jun(谢军) (born 1970), Chinese chess champion.Xie Tieli (谢铁骊) (1925-), Chinese film director.Xie Tian (谢添) (1914-2003), Chinese film director and actor.Xie Xuan(謝玄) (343-388), Duke of Kangle, famous general of the Jin Dynasty.Xie An(谢安) (320–385), Chinese statesman and prime minister of the Jin Dynasty.The taking of the name Xie was blessed by King Xuan of Zhou as Xie means 'to thank' in reciprocation of his upbringing.ĭuring the Eastern Jin and the Southern Dynasties period, the Yuan (袁) clan of the Chen (陳) state established extensive marriage alliances with the major clans Wang (王), Xiao (萧), and especially the Xie, whose ancestral lands were in the same commandery of Chen.Ĭhen Youliang, a fisherman from the Ming Dynasty was originally from the Xie clan, but his ancestors married into the Chen family and adopted the Chen surname because they only had daughters and no sons to carry on the family line. King Xuan of Zhou (827–781 BC) of the Western Zhou Dynasty granted this area to his mother's family and the descendants of Shen Bo (his uncle) adopted the place name Xie as their surname. Located in Xie Ying (谢营),Nanyang (南阳), Henan province, China. The name was a prominent aristocratic family name in the Jin Dynasty of China. The greater majority of Xie members are also members of the Hakka subgroup of the greater Han ethnicity. Other variations of the surname include Shea and Shei. In East Timor, as a legacy of Portguese colonialism and lingua franca, Xie is also produced as Tchia, Tchea, Tsia, Tcha and Tjea. In Indonesia, the name is also spelt as Tjhia or Tjia. In the Philippines, the name is also spelled as Sese (which also means thank you in Kapampangan, a local dialect in Pampanga, Philippines where the first Xie/Sese settled). In the United States, the name is sometimes spelled as Zia. In Malaysia and Singapore, the name is sometimes spelled Cheah, Seah or Chia. The Vietnamese version of the same Chinese character is Tạ.
The Minnan (Hokkien) and Teochew spelling of the same Chinese character is Chia, Cheah, or Sia. The Cantonese spelling of the same Chinese character is Tse or Tze and the Taishanese spelling of the same Chinese character is Dea, Der, Dare, or Dear. However, other variations are pronounced "Sh'eh" and the spelling is sometimes modified as Shieh. "Hsieh" tends to be incorrectly pronounced as "Shay" by those attempting to read it using English orthography. The spelling "Hsieh" is most commonly used in Taiwan and in older romanizations. The spelling of the same Chinese character using Wade-Giles romanization is Hsieh. Xie 謝 (traditional) / 谢 (simplified) is a Chinese family name it is estimated that there are about 2 million people with this surname, with most of them living in southern China. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article does not cite any references or sources.