Bǔ (卜) is a Chinese surname. It is the 210th most common Chinese surname, being shared by 510,000 or 0.038% of the population, with Jiangsu being the province with the most people.
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Hundred Family Surnames
The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...
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Bu Xiangzhi
Bu Xiangzhi (; born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days, at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008, Bu and Ni Hua bec ...
(卜祥志; born 1985) is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China
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Bu Tao, (卜涛; born 1983 in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China) is a Chinese baseball player who is a left-handed pitcher
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Bu Hua (卜桦; born 1973) a digital artist based in Beijing, China, best known for her flash animation works
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Bu Xin
Bu Xin (Chinese: 卜鑫; born 17 May 1987) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for China League One side Heilongjiang Ice City.
Club career
In 2006, Bu Xin started his professional footballer career with Liaoning Whowin in the Chin ...
(Chinese: 卜鑫; born 17 May 1987 in Tangshan) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for China League One side Guangdong South China Tiger
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Michał Boym
Michał Piotr BoymHis first name is also often rendered as ''Michele'', ''Michel'', ''Miguel'', ''Michael Peter'' (;Transliterated also (using Wade-Giles) as ''Pu Che-yuen Mi-ko'' c. 1612 – 1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary to China, scienti ...
(Chinese: 卜彌格; pinyin: Bǔ Mígé; c. 1612 – 1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary to China, scientist and explorer. He was an early Western
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Bu Shang
Bu Shang (507 BC – 400 BC), commonly known by his courtesy name Zixia or as Buzi (Master Bu), was an ancient Chinese philosopher and a prominent disciple of Confucius who was considered one of the most accomplished in cultural learning. He was ...
(卜商, 507–c. 420 BC), commonly known by his courtesy name Zixia or as Buzi (Master Bu), was an ancient Chinese philosopher and a prominent disciple
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Bu Wancang
Bu Wancang (July 1, 1900 – December 30, 1973), also known by his English name Richard Poh, was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1920s and the 1960s. He was born in Anhui.
Career
Originally a member of the S ...
(卜萬蒼, 1900 – 1973), also known by his English name Richard Poh, was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter
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Boh Soon Ho
On 21 March 2016, 28-year-old Zhang Huaxiang (; 6 November 1987 – 21 March 2016), a China-born nurse working in Singapore, was murdered by her close male friend Boh Soon Ho (), a Malaysian working as a cafeteria worker in Singapore. Boh's motiv ...
(卜顺和; born 1968), Malaysian cafeteria worker and convicted murderer
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Individual Chinese surnames