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The Chinese family name Mo (莫) is pronounced in Mandarin as Mò (4th tone) in Cantonese as Mok6 (6th tone) in Hmong as Moua Mua or Muas and in Vietnamese as Mạc. The surname is often romanized as Mok where Cantonese speakers are prominent. According to a study of Mu Ying’s Name record the surname came to be when descendants of the antediluvian ruler Zhuanxu abbreviated the name of his city Moyangcheng (莫陽城; in modern day Pingxiang County Hebei) and took it as their surname.