Ping (surname)

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Pronunciation Píng (Mandarin) Language(s) Old Chinese		Language(s) Chinese Variant(s) P'ing

Ping is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 平 in Chinese character. It is romanized P'ing in Wade–Giles. Ping is listed 95th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.

Notable people

Ping Dang (平當; died 4 AD), Han dynasty chancellor

Ping Yan (平晏; died 20 AD), son of Ping Dang, Xin dynasty government minister

Ping An (平安; died 1409), Ming dynasty general, adopted son of the Hongwu Emperor

Ping Hailan (平海澜; 1885–1960), educator, cofounder of Utopia University

Ping Fan (平凡; 1920–1999), Hong Kong actor

Ping Xintao (平鑫濤; born 1927), Taiwanese filmmaker and publisher, husband of Chiung Yao

Ping Yali (平亚丽; born 1961), long jumper, first Chinese Paralympic gold medalist

Ping An (平安; born 1978), singer

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