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Wu Rong-i, Vice Premier of the Republic of China (2005–2006) Wu Se-hwa, Minister of Education (2014–2016) Wu Shiow-ming, Chairperson of Fair Trade Commission of the Republic of China (2009–2017) Wu Tang-chieh, Political Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of China (2013–2016)
The Mandarin version of Ng is sometimes romanized as Woo or Wu. In Vietnam, the corresponding surname is Ngô. In Cambodia, the corresponding surname is Oeng. [specify] A variant pronunciation for 黃/黄 in the Zhangzhou dialect of Hokkien is (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ) and has various transliterations, such as Oei, Oey, Uy, and Wee.
This approach is frequently employed by individuals with the surname Oei (黄) and Wei (魏), leading to the emergence of various names with the suffix wi-, including Wijaya, Winata, and Wiyoko. Other examples include Danandjaja for Tan ( 陈 ), as used by James Danandjaja , Pangestu for Phang ( 彭 ) and Phang ( 冯 ), as used by Prajogo ...
Tang Wei (湯唯), Chinese actress; Dou Wei (竇唯), Chinese singer and songwriter; Son Wei (孫暐), Japanese fashion model (of Chinese origin) Wei Chen, Canadian television and radio journalist; Shen Wei (沈瑋), Chinese artist and photographer; Zhao Wei (趙薇), Chinese film actress and pop singer, sometimes referred to by her English ...
Northern Wu, or Taihu Wu, is the largest subbranch of Wu Chinese, [1] and is spoken in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and northern Zhejiang. [2] These languages are noted for their extremely high number of vowels, even compared to some Germanic languages, [3] and highly complex tone sandhi. [4]
Lee Hoi-sang (April 15, 1941 – September 9, 2024) was a Hong Kong martial arts film actor and martial artist, known for his roles in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (as Abbot Li Hai Sheng) (1978), Shaolin Challenges Ninja (1978), The Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979), The Young Master (1980), The Prodigal Son (1981), Project A (1983), Shaolin and Wu Tang (1983) and Disciples of the 36th Chamber ...
Wu wei (traditional Chinese: 無為; simplified Chinese: 无为; pinyin: wúwéi) is a polymorphic, ancient Chinese concept expressing an ideal practice of "inaction", "inexertion" or "effortless action", [a] [1] [2] as a state of personal harmony and free-flowing, spontaneous creative manifestation.
Modern Han Chinese consists of about 412 syllables [1] in 5 tones, so homophones abound and most non-Han words have multiple possible transcriptions. This is particularly true since Chinese is written as monosyllabic logograms, and consonant clusters foreign to Chinese must be broken into their constituent sounds (or omitted), despite being thought of as a single unit in their original language.