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Yu (surname 于)
Yu () is the 82nd surname mentioned in the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. According to the 2006 census of People's Republic of China, it ranks 38th nationally. In 2019 it was the 41st most common surname in Mainland China. The name is transliterated as ''Vuu'' in Vietnamese but is very rare in Vietnam. It is the 82nd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . Note that even though the literary usage of the character 於 was simplified to 于 in simplified Chinese, the surname usages of 於 was unchanged. So both are recognized as distinct surnames in both simplified and traditional Chinese. 於 is the 203rd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. 375th-most common name shared by 0.0074% of the population or 99,000 people, with the province with the most being Jiangsu. Distribution Of the top 30 cities in China, 于 ranked 9th most common in the cities of bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu So Chow
Yu So-chow (; 9 July 1930 – 12 May 2017) is a former Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Yu has a star at Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Early life Yu was born in Beijing, China. Yu comes from a Peking opera family. Yu's father was Yu Jim Yuen, who ran the ''China Drama Academy'', a Peking Opera School in Hong Kong. Career Yu learned Peking Opera at the age of eight and made her stage debut at the age of nine. She specialized in playing female warrior roles in which she could skillfully demonstrate her footwork by continuously juggling and kicking back twelve red-tasselled ''tuo shou'' (脫手) spears, as seen in one of her famous stage Peking operas, '' The White Snake'' (白蛇傳), and in the 1951 film ''Amazon on the Sea'' (海上女霸王). Yu started her acting career in 1948. Yu made over 240 films in the wuxia, kung fu, action, detective and Cantonese opera genres. Her films were successful at the box-office and she was one of the most popular superstars of the 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Zhiying
Yu Zhiying (; born 23 November 1997) is a Chinese professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and ski ... go player and, , the highest ranked Chinese female player with an ELO rating of 3309. In 2015 she won her first international, the 6th Bingsheng Cup. Promotion record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Zhiying 1997 births Living people Chinese Go players Female Go players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Lihua
Yu Lihua ( zh, 於梨華, 28 November 1929 – 30 April 2020) was a Chinese writer who wrote over thirty works—novels, short stories, newspaper articles and translations—over sixty years. She is regarded as "one of the five most influential Chinese-born women writers of the postwar era and the progenitor of the Chinese students' overseas genre." She wrote primarily in Chinese, drawing on her experience as a Chinese émigré in postwar America. She was celebrated in the diaspora for giving voice to what she called the "rootless generation"—émigrés who had left for a better life but remained nostalgic for their homeland. She was more than a successful writer, but a bridge, a cultural ambassador between China and the US. In 1975, she was one of the first individuals to be invited back to China after relations between the two countries were re-opened. Her work, which until then had been blacklisted in China, began to focus on life in China. Through sponsorship of scholarly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Dabao
Yu Dabao (; born 18 April 1988) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan. Club career Yu Dabao started his football career playing for second-tier side Qingdao Hailifeng and was soon called up to the Chinese under-17 national team. With the under-17 side, he played well during the 2004 AFC U-17 Championship and was quickly regarded as one of the best prospects in China due to his aerial and counterattacking abilities. This saw many clubs reportedly interested in the Yu including Ajax, Newcastle United, and Rangers; however, he joined Benfica on a three-year deal. In his debut match, only five days and three training sessions after he arrived in Portugal, Yu scored three goals and assisted a fourth in a reserve match against Portimonense. Due to Yu's strong performances for Benfica's reserves, he was given the chance of training with the first team during preseason and was thus officially added to the first team. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Zhongfu
Yu Zhongfu (; born July 1956) is a general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. Having served in the PLAAF for more than 40 years, he was appointed Political Commissar of the PLAAF in July 2015. He was replaced by general Guo Puxiao in January 2022. Biography Yu Zhongfu was born in July 1956 in Laiyang, Shandong Province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1974, initially serving in the Wuhan Military Region. He is a graduate of Central China Normal University and the Central Party School, and holds a master's degree. Yu has served in the PLAAF for more than 40 years, and successively held the positions of political commissar of the 19th and then 24th Air Force divisions, and deputy director of the political department of the Nanjing Military Region. When Xi Jinping was in charge of Shanghai as the municipality's Communist Party secretary in 2007, Yu served as political commissar of the Air Force Shanghai Command. He then worked as directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Wenxia
Yu Wenxia (; born 6 August 1989) is a Chinese actress, television host, singer, model and beauty queen. She won Miss World 2012 in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, the second Chinese national to do so after Zhang Zilin in 2007. Early life and education The second of two daughters to farming parents, she was born on 6 August 1989 in Shangzhi, Heilongjiang in northeast China. Yu dreamt of becoming a singer as a child, enjoying classes in music and nature. She completed a four-year university course in Chinese Folk Music at Harbin University. She is currently studying at Harvard University in the United States. Career Miss China 2012 On 30 June 2012, Yu was crowned Miss China 2012 at the Jinhai Lake Resort in Beijing. Miss World 2012 On 18 August 2012, Yu won the 2012 Miss World pageant held in Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. She was also named Miss Talent, where she performed her winning talent—Chinese folk song on stage during the final. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Xiaoguang
Yu Xiaoguang (; born 16 May 1981), also known as Ethan Yu, is a Chinese composer and actor. Yu is a former swimmer and sprint canoer. In 2006 he made a crossover from sports to films. Yu made appearances on many television series, most notably ''My Kung Fu Girlfriend'' (2006), ''Fighting in Peking'' (2009), ''Mao Anying'' (2010), ''The Happy Time of the Spicy and Hot Girlfriend'' (2012), ''City and Country Life'' (2014), and ''Namchow Mechanic Heroes'' (2015). Early life and education Yu was born in Dandong, Liaoning, on May 16, 1981. At the age of 7, he entered a sports school to learn to swim and later became a member of the Liaoning swimming team. In the National Youth Swimming Championships, he won the championship two years (1995 and 1996) in succession. In 1997, he started to learn to canoeing and won the championship in the National Canoeing Championships. After his early retirement, he was accepted to Central Academy of Drama, where he majored in acting. In 2002, he pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Zheng
Yu Zheng (; born 28 February 1978) is a Chinese screenwriter and producer who is noted for ''Palace'', which earned him a Best Screenwriter award at the 16th Asian Television Awards. Biography Early life Yu was born and raised in Haining, Zhejiang, after high school, he moved to Shanghai, he became an auditor at Shanghai Theatre Academy. Career In August 1998, Yu signed with TVB. One year later, he signed with Li Huimin Studio (). In July 2003, Yu transferred to Taiwan Star International Entertainment Company (), he also founded his company, Yu Zheng Studio (). In June 2009, Yu founded the Quansheng Time Film and Television Company (). Controversies Authorship controversy In December 2004, many news media reported that Yu Zheng—then a total unknown—was threatening to sue director Raymond Lee and the production company for the drama '' Assassinator Jing Ke'', because his name did not appear in the credits under either "story by" or "writer(s)". Lee did not respond, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Rongguang
Yu Rongguang (; born 30 August 1958), also known as Ringo Yu, is a Chinese actor and martial artist. He is best known for the title role in '' Iron Monkey'' along with Donnie Yen as well as being featured in films such as '' The East Is Red'', '' My Father Is a Hero'', and '' Musa''. Yu is also known for appearing in roles for films with Jackie Chan such as ''New Police Story'' and '' The Myth'' and in North America ''Shanghai Noon'' and the 2010 remake of ''The Karate Kid ''The Karate Kid'' is a 1984 American martial arts drama film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen. It is the first installment in the ''Karate Kid'' franchise, and stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue a ...''. Biography Yu Rongguang was born on August 30, 1958, to Yu Mingkui (), a Peking opera actor. He has two younger brothers. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Rongguang 1958 births Male actors from Beijing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Yu
Kelly Yu Wenwen (; born 7 November 1989) is a Chinese Canadian , native_name = , native_name_lang = , image = Chinese Canadian population by province.svg , image_caption = Chinese Canadians as percent of population by province / territory , pop = 1,715,7704.63% of the ... singer, songwriter, and actress. Personal life Yu was born in Dalian, China and moved with her parents to Vancouver, British Columbia in 2004. She attended Killarney Secondary School and later moved to Boston, where she attended the Berklee College of Music. Career Yu's first movie was ''Under the Rain'' in 2012, directed by Liu Chen. Her first lead role was in 2014 in the television series ''One and a Half Summer'' pairing up with Nichkhun. In 2017, Yu starred as lead actress in the romantic film ''The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes''. She sang the theme song of the film. On Christmas Day of 2022, Kelly announced via Weibo where she will be reprising her ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Menglong
Yu Menglong ( zh, s=于朦胧; born 15 June 1988), also known as Alan Yu, is a Chinese actor, singer and music video director. He is best known for his role in the hit web drama ''Go Princess Go'' (2015), as well as the fantasy romance dramas ''Eternal Love'' (2017) and ''The Legend of White Snake'' (2019). Career Beginnings In 2007, Yu participated in SMG's ''My Show! My Style!''. He emerged as the Top 16 for the Xi'an province. In 2010, Yu joined Hunan TV's '' Super Boy'' but was eliminated. The same year, he directed singer Deanna Ding's music video for her single "61 Seconds". In 2011, he made his acting debut in the short film ''The Little Prince''. In 2013, Yu competed in ''Super Boy'' again; this time entering emerging as one of the Top 10 contestants in the final round. The same year, he released his first single titled "Just Nice". In 2014, Yu starred in the short film ''The Rules'', which received the Best Independent Film award at the 4th International Micro Film F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
