Shum
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Name — A Chinese surname, a Cantonese romanization of the surname often written Shen in Mandarin.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 岑 (sam4) or Cantonese 沈 (sam2), when the initial was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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What does “Shum” mean?
The word “Shum” means a Chinese surname, a Cantonese romanization of the surname often written Shen in Mandarin.
How do you use “Shum” in a sentence?
Here is “Shum” used in a sentence: “The Shum family emigrated from Hong Kong in the 1970s.”
What part of speech is “Shum”?
“Shum” is a name.