Jiāo (焦) is a
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 ...
s. Its
Wade-Giles romanization and
Cantonese
Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...
pronunciation are Chiao.
Notable people
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Jiao Yu
Jiao Yu () was a Chinese military general, philosopher, and writer of the Yuan dynasty and early Ming dynasty under Zhu Yuanzhang, who founded the dynasty and became known as the Hongwu Emperor. He was entrusted by Zhu as a leading artillery ...
, military officer of
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...
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Jiao Li, President of
China Central Television
China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six lan ...
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Leroy Chiao
Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer, retired NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10, wh ...
, Chinese-American engineer, former
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
astronaut
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Jiao Huafeng, Greco-Roman wrestler
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Jiao Fengbo
Jiao Fengbo (Chinese:焦凤波) (born July 23, 1983 in Tianjin) is a Chinese former football player who played as a defender and currently general manager of China League One club Zhejiang Greentown.
Club career
Jiao Fengbo started his football ...
, footballer
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Jiao Shuai
Jiao Shuai (焦帥, born 28 January 1984 in Zhengzhou, Henan) is a retired male Chinese volleyball player. He was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2006-2007 National League.
He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics ...
, volleyball player
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Jiao Zhimin
Jiao Zhimin ( Chinese: 焦志敏; born December 1, 1963) is a Chinese-born naturalised-Korean former table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in women's singles and a silver medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. She was ...
, former table tennis player
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Jiao Juyin
Jiao may refer to:
*Horn (Chinese constellation), or Jiao (角宿), a Chinese constellation
*Jiaolong, or Jiao (蛟), a Chinese dragon
*Jiao (currency) (角), a unit of currency in China, one-tenth of a Chinese yuan or dollar
*Jiao (surname) ( ...
, director, translator, and theater theorist
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Jiao Liuyang, swimmer
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Vincent Chiao
Chiao En-chun (born 7 November 1967), also known as Vincent Chiao, is a Taiwanese actor and Mandopop singer. He is best known for portraying heroes in costume television dramas.
Filmography
Films
Television series
Discography
Albums / E ...
, actor
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Jiao Ting, a character in the ''
Water Margin
''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''.
The story, which is s ...
''
See also
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Chiao (disambiguation)
{{surname, Jiao
Chinese-language surnames
Individual Chinese surnames