Chiu

Chiu is a romanization of various Chinese surnames, based on different varieties of Chinese. It may correspond to the surnames spelled in the following ways in Mandarin pinyin:
 * Zhào or Zhāo, from the Cantonese pronunciation
 * Zhāng, from the Hokkien pronunciation; more commonly spelled Teoh or Teo
 * Zhōu, from the Hokkien pronunciation
 * Qiū or Qiú, from a variant of the Mandarin Wade–Giles spelling Ch'iu
 * Jiù, from the Mandarin Wade–Giles spelling

Notable people

 * Angie Chiu (趙雅芝; born 1954), Hong Kong actress
 * Only Won (born Baldwin Chiu, 1974), American musician, actor, and producer
 * Chiu Ban It (周万一; 1918–2016), Singaporean Anglican bishop
 * Barbara Chiu, Canadian table tennis player
 * Ben Chiu (邱澤堃; born 1970), Taiwan-born American technology entrepreneur
 * Bondy Chiu (趙學而; born 1973), Hong Kong actress and singer
 * Bryan Chiu (born 1974), Canadian football player; centre in the Canadian Football League
 * Caroline Chiu (趙善穎; born 1984), Hong Kong swimmer
 * Chiu Chang (邱彰; born 1950), Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician
 * Chiu Chi-ling (趙志淩; born 1943), Hong Kong actor
 * Chiu Chih-wei (邱志偉; born 1972), Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician
 * Chiu Ching-chun (邱鏡淳; born 1949), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, magistrate of Hsinchu County
 * Chiu Chuang-chin (邱創進; born 1956), Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician
 * Chiu Chuang-huan (邱創煥; 1925–2020), Taiwanese politician, Vice-Premier from 1981 to 1984
 * Chiu Chuang-liang (邱創良; born 1955), Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician
 * Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正), Taiwanese politician, Mainland Affairs Council member
 * Chiu Chun Kit (趙俊傑; born 1983), Hong Kong football defender
 * Connie Chiu (born 1969), Hong Kong-born Swedish fashion model
 * David Chiu (politician) (邱信福; born 1970), American politician in California
 * David Chiu (poker player) (邱芳全; born 1960), American professional poker player
 * David Jung-Kuang Chiu (1936–2006), American academic
 * Deacon Chiu (邱德根; 1924–2015), Hong Kong businessman
 * Donna Chiu (裘海正; born 1965), Taiwanese singer
 * Frederic Chiu (born 1964), American concert pianist
 * Chiu Fu-sheng (邱復生; born 1947), Taiwanese real estate developer and film producer
 * Gian Chiu (born 1989), Filipino basketball player
 * Chiu Hin Chun (趙顯臻; born 1994), Hong Kong rower
 * Chiu Hin-kwong (招顯洸; born 1928), Hong Kong doctor and politician
 * Hong-Yee Chiu (丘宏義; born 1932), Shanghai-born American astrophysicist
 * Chiu I-huan (邱奕寰; born 1990), Taiwanese football striker
 * Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正; born 1953), Taiwanese general
 * Chiu Jeng-jiann (裘正健), Taiwanese politician, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
 * Jenny Chiu (born 1995), American-Mexican soccer player and reporter
 * Keina Chiu (趙慧奈; born 1995), Japanese-Chinese television news journalist
 * Chiu Keng Guan (周青元), Malaysian film director
 * Kim Chiu (張金珠; born 1990), Filipina actress
 * Melissa Chiu (born 1972), Australian museum curator
 * Paul Chiu (邱正雄; born 1942), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician
 * Chiu Ping-kun (邱炳坤; born 1964), Taiwanese athlete and judge in the sport of archery
 * Prince Chiu (邱勝翊; born 1989), Taiwanese singer
 * Roy Chiu (邱澤; born 1981), Taiwanese actor
 * Rebecca Chiu (趙詠賢; born 1978), Hong Kong professional squash player
 * Samson Chiu (趙良駿), Hong Kong film director
 * Sharlene Chiu, Canadian television reporter
 * Chiu Tai-san (邱太三; born 1956), Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician
 * Tom Chiu (邱崇德; born 1971), Taiwan-born American music composer and violinist
 * Chiu Tsui-ling (邱翠玲; born 1994), Taiwanese singer in Japan
 * Chiu Tzu-tsung (邱賜聰), Taiwanese politician, Atomic Energy Council member
 * Wah Chiu (趙華), Hong Kong-born American biophysicist
 * Chiu Wen-ta (邱文達; born 1950), Taiwanese medical educator and politician
 * Chiu Yi (邱毅; born 1956), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, member of the Legislative Yuan for Kaohsiung
 * Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩; born 1971), Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician
 * Chiu Yu-hung (邱育宏; born 1994), Taiwanese football goalkeeper
 * Chiu Yu Ming (邱于銘; born 1991), Hong Kong football goalkeeper

Fictional characters

 * Chiu, net idol alter ego of Chisame Hasegawa, from the manga/anime franchise Negima!
 * Candy Chiu, a character from Gravity Falls