Liu

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Liu is a common Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several different surnames written in different Chinese characters:

• 刘 / 劉, pinyin: Liú. A very common surname, as it was used by the ruling family of the Han Dynasty - a high point in the history of China.
• 柳 pinyin: Liŭ
• 留 pinyin: Liú
• 六 pinyin: Liù

In Vietnamese, the name can either take the form "Liễu" (in northern regions), corresponding to 柳 in Chinese, or "Lưu" (in central or southern regions), corresponding to 刘/劉 or 留 in Chinese. The family name 六 is "Lục" in Vietnamese.

In Cantonese transliteration, 刘/劉 (Liú) is Lau, whilst Liu is a different surname, 廖, pinyin: Liào, ("Liêu" in Vietnamese).

Prominent people with the family name 刘 / 劉 (Liú or Lau)

Historical

• The Liu royals of the following dynasties:
• the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang - the Han Dynasty's founder,
• the Shu Kingdom in the Period of the Three Kingdoms,
• the Xiongnu Han Zhao and the Tiefu Xia kingdoms in the Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms,
• the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties,
• the Later Han Dynasty and the Northern Han kingdom and the Southern Han kingdom of the Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms

• Others:
• Liu Bei, founder of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period

Contemporary

• Andy Lau, actor,singer
• Evelyn Lau, writer
• Lau Kar-leung, actor, choreographer and director
• Sidney Lau, Hong Kong linguist
• Tats Lau, Hong Kong actor and musician
• Liu Bocheng, PRC military commander
• Liu Dalin, sexologist
• Liu Huaqing, PRC politician
• Liu Hui, mathematician
• Lucy Liu, actress
• Liu Qi-Chao, jazz musician
• Liu Shaoqi, PRC politician
• Liu Sola, singer, composer, and writer
• Liu Tianhua, composer and musician
• Liu Wenhui, warlord
• Liu Wenjing, one of the advisors of Tang Gaozu
• Liu Xiang, Olympic winner and World Record holder
• Liu Xiaoqing, actress
• Liu Yifei, singer/actress
• Yuen T’ao Liu, artist
• Will Liu, Taiwanese singer
• Liu Xiang (warlord)
• Liu Ye, actor and singer.

Prominent people with family name 柳 (Liŭ)

• Liu Gongquan, a poet and calligrapher
• Liu Zongyuan, a poet during Tang Dynasty

See also

External links

• Chinese surname history: Liu

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