Rao (Chinese surname)
Appearance
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Pronunciation | Mandarin: Ráo |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Chinese |
Place of origin | modern day Shanxi and Jiangxi. |
Rao (simplified Chinese: 饶; traditional Chinese: 饒; pinyin: Ráo; Wade–Giles: Jao) is a Chinese family name. It can also be spelled as "Yow" or "Yaw".
Notable people
[change | change source]- Jao Tsung-I (1917–2018), Hong Kong Chinese calligrapher
- Ngeow Sze Chan (1915–2002), Malaysian practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine
- Rao Ching-ling (born 1969), magistrate of Taitung County
- Rao Shushi (1903–1975), senior member of the Chinese Communist Party
- Rao Yi (born 1962 in Jiangxi), neuroscientist
- Rao Yutai (1891–1968), physicist
- Yaw Shin Leong (born 1976), Singaporean politician
- Nyu Kok Meng, Malaysian and convicted robber who committed armed robbery in Singapore.