Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Wan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 万 in simplified Chinese and 萬 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized as Man in Cantonese . It is listed 162nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames . [ 1 ]
Due to the historical political and cultural influence of Chinese culture on the East Asian cultural sphere, in the area, and in particular of the Classical Chinese language, cognates with similar meanings and usage patterns have appeared in many East Asian languages and Vietnamese. In some countries, this phrase is mundanely used when ...
The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]
Ancestral Hall of the Huang Family in Majianglong, Kaiping, China Huang (/ ˈ hw ɑː ŋ /; [1] traditional Chinese: 黃; simplified Chinese: 黄) is a Chinese surname.While Huáng is the pinyin romanization of the word, it may also be romanized as Hwang, Wong, Waan, Wan, Waon, Hwong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng, Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei, Oey, Ooi, Ong, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in ...
Wan (surname) (万 and 萬), a Chinese surname; Wan (surname 溫), an alternative spelling for the Chinese surname Wen (溫) Wan Wan (彎彎; born 1981) Taiwanese artist and actress; Wan (khan), Jurchen chieftain; Wan, female Malay styles and titles
Deric Wan (born 1964), Hong Kong actor and singer; Irene Wan (born 1967), Hong Kong actress; James Wan (born 1977), Australian filmmaker; Leana Wen (born 1983), Chinese-born American physician; Wen Shang-yi (Monster) (溫尚翊; born 1976), is one of the two guitarists and leader of the Taiwanese rock band, Mayday
Wang (/ w ɑː ŋ /) is the pinyin romanization of the common Chinese surname 王 (Wáng).It is currently the most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with more than 107 million in Asia.
Wan Hu is a legendary Chinese official described in modern sources as possibly the first man to attempt to use a rocket to launch into outer space. [1] Possibly depicted as the "world's first astronaut" [2] and "the first martyr in man's struggle to achieve space flight", [3] NASA named the crater Wan-Hoo on the far side of the Moon after him.