Posted by ML Ng on January 26, 2003 at 05:06:57:
In Reply to: Ng and Tang (thailand) Hakka-TeoChiu posted by Shawn Sadjatumwadee on April 12, 2002 at 16:19:31:
If you are Teo Chiu or Chaozhou in Mandarin, then the surname Ng means yellow as in Huang He, the Yellow River.
I have the same surname but I am Fujian, which like Teo Chiu is part of the Southern Min (Min Nan ) dialect.