• Bian is the romanization of several Chinese surnames, including Biàn 卞, Biān 边, Biǎn 扁, Biàn 弁, Biàn 汴, etc. Biān 边 is the most common of these names...
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  • Bian or BIAN may refer to: Bian River in China Bian (汴), the Chinese abbreviation for Kaifeng, Henan Province, China Bian, a former district of the Duchy...
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  • the Great Guo (surname) (郭) from Yu the Great Deng (surname) (鄧) from Yu the Great Bian (surname) (卞) from Yu the Great Nan (surname) (南) from Yu the...
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  • These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Republic of China (Taiwan)...
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    Li surname, established the Jin State, precursor of the Later Tang. Li Bian (Xu Zhigao), the founder of the Southern Tang, also changed his surname to...
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    Chinese surname. It is the 7th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. In 2006, Zheng ranked 21st in China's list of top 100 most common surnames. Zheng...
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  • Bian (卞皇后) may refer to the following empresses of the Cao Wei state: Empress Dowager Bian (159–230), Cao Cao's wife and Cao Pi's mother Empress Bian...
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    The Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, is a classic Chinese text...
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    ([ʈʂʰə̌n] ) is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000)...
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  • clan was Byeon or Byun An-ryeol(Anyeol) (변안렬(안열), 邊(邉)安烈, Hanyu Pinyin: Biān Ānliè, 1334-1390), a renowned military general during the late Goryeo Dynasty...
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  • Li Bian (7 January 889 – 30 March 943), courtesy name Zhenglun, known as Xu Gao between 937 and 939 and Xu Zhigao before 937, and possibly Li Pengnu during...
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    family hit hard times when her father died. Bian and her sister became singing girls to support themselves. Bian was adept at writing poetry, music, calligraphy...
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  • Chao is a surname in various cultures. It is the Pinyin spelling of two Chinese surnames (晁 and 巢), the Wade–Giles spelling of two others (趙 or the much...
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    徐; pinyin: Xú; Wade–Giles: Hsü2; Jyutping: Ceoi4) is a Chinese-language surname. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is spelled as "Hsu", which...
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    pronunciation: [ɥɛ̌n] ) is a Chinese surname ranked 37th in China by population in 2019. In Standard Chinese, the surname is transliterated Yuán (hanyu pinyin)...
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  • name. For example, Taiwanese politician Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) is sometimes referred as "阿扁" (A-Bian). In many Chinese communities of Southeast Asia, nicknames...
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    Mr. He's jade (redirect from Bian He)
    named after Bian He, the person who first discovered the jade stone. Bian He (卞和) is a Chinese name, Biàn (卞) is the surname (e.g., Bian Lan) and Hé (和)...
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    regent of the Chinese state Former Liang during the Sixteen Kingdoms era Song Bian, Northern Wei official, during the Northern and Southern dynasties period...
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  • creature that appears only to protect the noble. See qilin. Lan may refer to: Bian Lan (born 1984), Chinese basketball player Hương Lan (born 1956), Vietnamese...
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  • uncredited actor. According to a Peteypedia article, Lady Trieu's mother Bian My had encountered Blake during the Vietnam War in 1971 in which he and his...
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  • adopt similar-sounding Burmese and Chinese names. Because the Burmese lack surnames, many Burmese Chinese tend to pass on portions of their given names to...
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  • Oey (category Indonesian-language surnames)
    New Zealand food scientist Morgan Oey (born 1990), Indonesian actor Oey Bian Kong (died 1802), Indonesian bureaucrat Oey Djie San (died 1925), Indonesian...
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    into whatever he wishes upon the command "Change!" (Chinese: 「變!」; pinyin: "Biàn!"): from humanoid figures to animals (like insects), to miscellaneous items...
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    included maintaining relations with former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and Japan. Lee was born in the rural farming community of Sanshi Village...
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  • Brill. ISBN 90-04-10391-0. Luo Xiang (罗骧) (2005). "Tan Sitong 'Hua-Yi zhi bian' sixiang de yanjin" 谭嗣同"华夷之辨"思想的演进 [The evolution of Tan Sitong's thinking...
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    classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 116th most common surname in China, shared by 1.4 million people. Ni Bian or Ni Shui (倪说, 3rd century...
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    the Later Jin dynasty. Shi moved the capital back to Kaifeng, then called Bian. The Later Jin controlled essentially the same territory as the Later Tang...
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    ability to speak, and took his surname "Li" after the tree. According to the Inscription in Honor of Laozi, written by Bian Shao, Prime Minister of Chen...
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    descent from a Tang prince Xu Zhigao and restoring his surname of Li, Xu Zhigao became Li Bian and proclaimed the restoration of the Tang. His state would...
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    used in formal or semi-formal settings, although a famous exception is A-bian. English is taught throughout China's secondary schools and the English language...
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