Dai is the pinyin romanization of the

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the ...

written with the Chinese character . It is romanized as Tai in Wade-Giles and in

Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation The Hong Kong Government uses an unpublished system of Romanisation of Cantonese for public purposes which is based on the 1888 standard described by Roy T Cowles in 1914 as Standard Romanisation. The primary need for Romanisation of Cantonese ...

. Dai is the 96th most common surname in China, according to a report on the household registrations released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007.公安部统计：'王'成中国第一大姓有9288万人
ublic Security Bureau Statistics: 'Wang' Found China's #1 'Big Family', Includes 92.88m People" 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012.

Meanings of the character

* Apply items to the person's head, face, neck, hand, etc. * Respect, esteem, or support.汉典：戴的解释
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Notable people

Business

Dai Chunning Dai Chunning (; born February 1962) is a former Chinese business executive. He served as the deputy general manager of the China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (also known as Sinosure) from 2012 to 2013. Dai began his career as a bank loan ...

(戴春宁, born 1962), Chinese finance businessman * Dai Min (戴敏, born 1958), Chinese water treatment businesswoman * Weili Dai (戴伟立), Chinese-born American technology businesswoman *Andrew Tai (戴浩原), Canadian-Chinese businessman, Founder & CEO of Unhaggle and Motoinsight

Academia and literature

* Dai Yi (戴逸, born 1926), Chinese historian *

Dai Qing Fu Xiaoqing (, born 24 August 1941), better known by her pen name Dai Qing (), is a journalist and activist for China-related issues; most significantly against the Three Gorges Dam Project. She left the Chinese Communist Party after the bloodsh ...

(戴晴, born 1941), Chinese journalist * Dai Sijie (戴思杰, born 1954), Chinese-born French author and filmmaker *

Dai Jinhua Dai Jinhua () is a Chinese feminist cultural critic. She is a Professor in the Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture, Peking University. Her research interests include popular culture, film studies, and gender studies. She taught at t ...

(戴锦华, born 1959), Chinese feminist cultural critic *

Dai Xu Dai Xu (; born 30 September 1964) is a Chinese author, social commentator, and the president of Marine Institute For Security And Cooperation (). He is also a professor at the PLA National Defense University. He holds the rank of Senior Colonel i ...

(戴旭, born 1964), Chinese author, social commentator, and the president of Marine Institute For Security And Cooperation *

Hongjie Dai Hongjie Dai (; born 2 May 1966 in Shaoyang, China). is a Chinese-American nanotechnologist and applied physicist. He is the J.G. Jackson & C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University.. A leading figure in the study of carbon nanot ...

(戴宏杰, born 1966), Chinese-born American chemist

Entertainment

Aaron Dai Aaron Dai (born August 3, 1967) is an American composer and pianist known for his orchestral and choral music. He is best known for his ''The Night Before Christmas'' for Narrator and Orchestra and his fifteen-minute miniature opera ''Hamlet.'' H ...

(戴海清, born 1967), American composer and pianist * Leon Dai (戴立忍, born 1966), Taiwanese actor and film director * Penny Tai (戴佩妮, born 1978), Malaysian Mandopop singer *

Dai Jiaoqian Dai Jiaoqian (; born 4 June 1982), also known as Shirley Dai, is a Chinese actress, singer and hostess. Dai is noted for her roles as Liu Xia and Princess Xingdai in the television series ''Flowering Season, Rainy Season'' (1998) and '' The Palac ...

(戴娇倩, born 1982), Chinese actress *

Dantes Dailiang Dantes may refer to: *Dante's, a nightclub in Portland, Oregon, United States *The United States Armed Forces' Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support program *The Dantes, an American garage rock band People with the surname *Dingd ...

(戴亮, born 1978), French Mandopop singer

Politics and government

* Dai Jitao (戴季陶, 1891–1949), journalist and Kuomintang leader * Dai Li (also Tai Li; 戴笠, 1897–1946), Republic of China spy chief * Dai Bingguo (戴秉国, born 1941), Chinese politician and diplomat *

Dai Xianglong Dai Xianglong (; born 1 October 1944) is a Chinese politician. He is the former governor of the People's Bank of China, and the former mayor of Tianjin. He currently serves as the president and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) party chief of the N ...

(戴相龙, born 1944), Chinese politician, former governor of the People's Bank of China * Tai Chin-wah (戴展華, born 1952), Hong Kong former politician and lawyer * Benny Tai (戴耀廷, One of the founders of the Occupy Central *

Dai Weimin Dai Weimin (born May 1962) is a former officer in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He obtained the rank of major general (''Shao Jiang'') in 2010 and served as deputy dean at the PLA Nanjing Political College. He was investigated by the PLA's ...

(戴维民, born 1962), People's Liberation Army general * Day Guey-ing (戴桂英), Deputy Minister of Department of Health of the Republic of China (2012–2013) *

Irving H.C. Tai Irving H. C. Tai () is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Deputy Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Executive Yuan until 21 January 2014. Education Tai received his bachelor's degree in law from Soochow Uni ...

(戴豪君), Taiwan politician, former Deputy Commissioner of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission * Tai Cheuk-yin (戴卓賢), Hong Kong politician, former chairman of the 123 Democratic Alliance

Sport

Tai Chao-chih Tai Chao-chih (; born 13 March 1930) is a Taiwanese former sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1966 Asian Games and won a bronze medal in the team event. References Ext ...

(戴兆智, born 1930), Taiwanese sport shooter *

Dai Guohong Dai Guohong (; born September 3, 1977 in Liaoyang, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events. Although she had never competed in any edition of the Olympic Games, Dai held her distincti ...

(戴国红, born 1977), Chinese swimmer *

Dai Yun Dai Yun (; born 22 November 1977) is a Chinese former badminton player. Career At the beginning of the century Dai was ranked among the world's leading women's singles players, most of whom were her fellow countrywomen. Her titles included th ...

(戴韫, born 1977), retired Chinese female badminton player * Dai Xianrong (戴宪荣, born 1982), China League One footballer *

Dai Lili Dai Lili () is a former international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1982 to 1988 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Ch ...

(戴丽丽, born 1986), Chinese table tennis player *

Dai Lin Dai Lin (; ; born 28 November 1987) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League. Club career Dai Lin started his football career with Liaoning FC in 2005 and made his debut against Changsha Ginde ...

(戴琳, born 1987), Chinese Super League footballer *

Tai Hung-hsu Tai Hung-hsu (, born October 4, 1987) is a Taiwanese football striker. He was voted as the best youth player in the 2005 season of Taiwan National Football League. In July, 2006, Tai, at the age of 19, was reported to join Chinese side Xiamen ...

(戴宏旭, born 1987), Taiwanese football striker * Dai Xiaoxiang (戴小祥, born 1990), Chinese archer * Dai Jun (swimmer) (戴骏, born 1992), Chinese swimmer * Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎, born 1992), Taiwanese badminton player * Olivia Tai Qing Tong (戴辛彤, born c. 1998), Malaysian rhythmic gymnast

Other

Wei Dai Wei Dai ( zh, c=戴伟) is a computer engineer known for contributions to cryptography and cryptocurrencies. He developed the Crypto++ cryptographic library, created the b-money cryptocurrency system, and co-proposed the VMAC message authent ...

(戴维), creator of the

Bitcoin Bitcoin ( abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is a decentralized digital currency that can be transferred on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network. Bitcoin transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distr ...

predecessor
b-money
and developer of the

Crypto++ Crypto++ (also known as CryptoPP, libcrypto++, and libcryptopp) is a free and open-source C++ class library of cryptographic algorithms and schemes written by Wei Dai. Crypto++ has been widely used in academia, student projects, open-source, and no ...

library

References

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