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Yin Jian (born 1978) is a double Olympic medal winning Chinese sailor. Yin Jian (Communist leader), early member of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 28 Bolsheviks (1904–1937) Yu Jian (born 1954), Chinese poet, writer and documentary film director; Zhan Jian (born 1982), Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player; Zhang Jian ...
Jiǎn (traditional Chinese: 簡; simplified Chinese: 简) is a Han surname meaning "bamboo slip" or "simple". It was the 382th surname listed on the Hundred Family Surnames . There are more people in Taiwan with this surname than any single province in Mainland China .
Additionally some bearers of this surname changed their surname to the Jiǎn described above, which is homophonous in Mandarin Chinese, though not in other varieties of Chinese. Qián ( 錢 ; 钱 ), literally meaning "money", also originated as an occupational surname, said to have been adopted by a holder of the post of treasurer ...
Jian'an (February 196 – March 220) was the fifth era name of Emperor Xian of China's Eastern Han dynasty. It was used for a total of 25 years. [ 1 ] Jian'an was the era name established by Emperor Xian when he was in exile during the rebellion of Li Jue and Guo Si .
Jian of Qi, the last king of the ancient Chinese state of Qi; Jian (bird), a bird in Chinese mythology; Jian (given name), Mandarin given name; Jian (surname), Mandarin pinyin of the name 簡/简; Jian (unit), a traditional unit of length and area in building large structures
Jiang (Chinese: 江; Jyutping: Gong 1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang, also romanized Chiang, Kong, Kang) is a Chinese surname, accounting for 0.26% of the Han Chinese population. It is the 52nd most common Chinese surname and is the 141st surname listed in the Hundred Family Surnames poem, contained in the line 江童顏郭 (Jiāng, Tóng, Yán, Guō).
The meaning added through the loan of homonymous sounds is the phonetic-loan meaning (simplified Chinese: 假借义; traditional Chinese: 假借義; pinyin: jiǎ jiè yì). For example, the original meaning of "其 (qí)" is "dustpan", and its pronoun usage of "his, her, its" is a phonetic-loan meaning.
The jian (Mandarin Chinese:, Chinese: 劍, English approximation: / dʒ j ɛ n / jyehn, Cantonese:) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period, [1] one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian.