Diao

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Diao (刁)
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PronunciationDiāo (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Tiao

Diao is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 刁 in Chinese character. It is romanized as Tiao in Wade–Giles. Diao is listed 148th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 245th most common surname in China, shared by 300,000 people.[2]

Notable people[]

  • (刁间), one of the richest merchants of the Western Han dynasty
  • (刁子都; died 26 AD), Xin dynasty rebel leader
  • (刁協; died 322), Eastern Jin dynasty prime minister
  • (刁彝), son of Diao Xie, avenged his father's death
  • (刁雍; 390–484), Eastern Jin official, great-grandson of Diao Xie
  • or Diao Guang (刁光胤; ca. 852–935), Tang dynasty painter
  • (刁錦寰; born 1933), statistician, member of the Academia Sinica
  • Diao Wenyuan (刁文元; born 1943), table tennis player and coach
  • David Diao (born 1943), Chinese-American artist
  • Diao Guoxin (刁国新; born 1958), PLA lieutenant general
  • Diao Yinan (born 1969), filmmaker and actor
  • Diao Xiaojuan (born 1986), female Hong Kong cyclist
  • (刁扬; born 1990), model
  • Diao Linyu (刁琳宇; born 1994), women's volleyball player
  • Chuti Tiu, American actress

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
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