Rén is the
Mandarin
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to:
Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...
romanisation 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 in
Chinese character
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. It is romanised as Jen in
Wade–Giles
Wade–Giles () is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade, during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert A. Giles's '' Chinese–English Dictionary'' o ...
, and Yam or Yum in
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 ...
. It is listed 58th in the
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...
classic text ''
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 ...
''. As of 2008, it is the 59th most common surname in China, shared by 4.2 million people.
In 2019 it was the 49th most common surname in Mainland China.
The character 任 is typically pronounced (), but as a surname is pronounced "rén," as well as in
Ren County
Renze District () formerly, Renxian (), is a district in the southwest of Hebei province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xingtai
Xingtai (), formerly known as Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level ...
in
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...
.
Notable people
![Ren Xiong Self Portrait](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Ren_Xiong_Self_Portrait.jpeg)
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Ren Guang
Ren Guang (; November 9, 1900 in Zhejiang – January 1941), also known by a pen name, Ren Qianfa (任前发), was a noted Chinese composer of the early 20th century.
Ren studied in Paris beginning in 1919, and there acquired the technique ...
(
任光; died 29 AD),
Eastern Han
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...
dynasty general, one of the
Yuntai 28 generals
In A.D. 60, Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han dynasty honored 28 founding generals of the dynasty, who had served his father Emperor Guangwu, by painting their portraits on the Cloud Terrace (Yuntai) of the South Palace in the capital Luoyang. They ...
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Ren Shang
Ren Shang (, died 118) was the Protector General of the Western Regions under Eastern Han between 102-106 CE.
In February, 91, he and Geng Kui defeated the unnamed Northern Shanyu shortly after the Battle of Ikh Bayan, on commission by Dou Xian ...
(died 118), Eastern Han Protector General of the
Western Regions
The Western Regions or Xiyu (Hsi-yü; ) was a historical name specified in the Chinese chronicles between the 3rd century BC to the 8th century AD that referred to the regions west of Yumen Pass, most often Central Asia or sometimes more spe ...
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Ren Jun (died 204), Eastern Han dynasty military officer
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Ren Yaxiang Ren or REN may refer to:
Abbreviations
* Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, IATA code REN, civil airport in Russia
* Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), Portuguese company
* Renanthera, abbreviated as Ren, orchid genus
* Ringer equivalence number (R ...
(died 662),
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...
general and chancellor
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Ren Zhigu Ren or REN may refer to:
Abbreviations
* Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, IATA code REN, civil airport in Russia
* Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), Portuguese company
* Renanthera, abbreviated as Ren, orchid genus
* Ringer equivalence number (RE ...
(fl. 692), chancellor of Empress
Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian (17 February 624 – 16 December 705), personal name Wu Zhao, was the ''de facto'' ruler of the Tang dynasty from 665 to 705, ruling first through others and then (from 690) in her own right. From 665 to 690, she was first empres ...
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Ren Huan Ren or REN may refer to:
Abbreviations
* Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, IATA code REN, civil airport in Russia
* Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), Portuguese company
* Renanthera, abbreviated as Ren, orchid genus
* Ringer equivalence number ( ...
(died 927),
Later Tang
Tang, known in historiography as the Later Tang, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China and the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history.
The first three of the Later Tang's four ...
general and chancellor
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Ren Renfa (1254–1327),
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...
artist and irrigation expert
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Ren Xiong
Ren Xiong (; July 19, 1823 – November 23, 1857) was a Chinese painter from Xiaoshan, Zhejiang, active during the late Qing dynasty. Ren belonged to the Shanghai School in Chinese painting and is known for his bold and innovative style.
His b ...
(1823–1857), painter of the
Shanghai School
''Haipai'' (, Shanghainese: ''hepha'', ; literally "hangai style") refers to the avant-garde but unique "East Meets West" culture from Shanghai in the 20th and 21st centuries. It is a part of the culture of Shanghai.
Etymology
The term was coin ...
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Ren Xun (1835–1893), painter, brother of Ren Xiong
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Ren Bonian
Ren Yi (; 1840–1896), also known as Ren Bonian, was a painter and son of a rice merchant who supplemented his income by doing portraits. He was born in Zhejiang, but after the death of his father in 1855 he lived in Shanghai. This move placed hi ...
(1840–1896), painter of the Shanghai School, nephew of Ren Xiong and Ren Xun
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Ren Zhu (died 1867),
Nien Rebellion
The Nian Rebellion () was an armed uprising that took place in northern China from 1851 to 1868, contemporaneously with Taiping Rebellion (1851–1864) in South China. The rebellion failed to topple the Qing dynasty, but caused immense economi ...
leader
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Ren Fuchen
Ren Fuchen (; April 1884 – November 1918) was a Chinese member of the Bolshevik party and a commander of a Chinese regiment of the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War. He joined the Bolsheviks in 1908. He was killed in action during a ...
(1884–1918), Soviet
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
commander
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Ren Guang
Ren Guang (; November 9, 1900 in Zhejiang – January 1941), also known by a pen name, Ren Qianfa (任前发), was a noted Chinese composer of the early 20th century.
Ren studied in Paris beginning in 1919, and there acquired the technique ...
(1900–1941), composer
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Ren Bishi
Ren Bishi (; 30 April 1904 – 27 October 1950) was a military and political leader in the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
In the early 1930s, Ren commanded the Fifth Red Army and was a central figure in the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet, but ...
(1904–1950), early Communist leader
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Chih-Kung Jen (Ren Zhigong; 1906–1995), Chinese-American physicist
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Yam Kim-fai
Yam Kim-fai (, 4 February 1913 (Lunar 29 December 1912 – 29 November 1989), also known as Ren Jianhui was a renowned Cantonese opera actress in China and Hong Kong.
Yam was most notable for her unique ability to sing in the lower register. Tha ...
(任劍輝, 1913-1989), opera actress
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Ren Mei'e (1913–2008), geologist
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Ren Zhongyi
Ren Zhongyi (; September 1914 – November 15, 2005) was a Chinese politician.
Biography
Ren was born in Wei County, Handan, Hebei province. He was a leader in China's reform period since the late 1970s. He is widely regarded as the bold reforme ...
(1914–2005),
Communist Party Chief
A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...
of
Liaoning
Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...
and
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
province
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Ren Xinmin Ren or REN may refer to:
Abbreviations
* Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, IATA code REN, civil airport in Russia
* Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), Portuguese company
* Renanthera, abbreviated as Ren, orchid genus
* Ringer equivalence number ( ...
(1915–2017), aerospace engineer
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Ren Jiyu
Ren Jiyu (; born April 15, 1916 - died July 11, 2009) in Pingyuan County, Shandong, Pingyuan County, Shandong Province was a philosophy, philosopher, scholar in religious studies, history, historian, member of the Chinese Communist Party, and hon ...
(1916–2009), philosopher, scholar
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Ren Rong (1917–2017), general and Communist Party Chief of
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...
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Ren Rongrong (
任溶溶; born 1923),
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
writer and translator
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Ren Jianxin (born 1925), former President of the
Supreme People's Court of China
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Ren Zhengfei
Ren Zhengfei (; born 25 October 1944) is a Chinese entrepreneur and engineer who is the founder and CEO of Huawei Technologies, the world's largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and second largest manufacturer of smartphones.
Ear ...
(born 1944), founder, chairman and CEO of
Huawei
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ( ; ) is a Chinese multinational technology corporation headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It designs, develops, produces and sells telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics and various smar ...
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Ren Wanding
Ren Wanding (born c. 1944) is a Chinese dissident who was jailed several times for his pro-democracy activism. He is the founder of the China Human Rights League.
Biography
In the late 1970s, he was jailed for four years for his leadership of ...
(born 1944), founder of Chinese Human Rights League
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Yum Sin-ling
Lawrence Yum Sin Ling (; born 1948) was a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council from 1995 to 1997 and a district councillor for Kowloon City District of Hong Kong from 1994 to 1997 ( Prince constituency). He is a founding member of a pro- ...
(Ren Shanning; born 1948), Hong Kong politician
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Joseph Yam
Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, GBM, GBS, CBE, JP (任志剛; born 1948, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong statistician, economist and civil servant. He was the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong's ''de facto'' central bank, ...
(任志剛, born 1948), Hong Kong statistician
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Ren Zhiqiang
Ren Zhiqiang (; born 8 March 1951) is an incarcerated Chinese real estate tycoon and a blogger on Sina Weibo with more than 37 million followers. Nicknamed "Big Cannon Ren", he is known for his outspoken criticism of the Chinese Communist Party ...
(born 1951), Chinese property tycoon and critic of the government
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Gish Jen
Gish Jen (born Lillian Jen; () August 12, 1955) is a contemporary American writer and speaker.Matsukawa, Yuko"MELUS interview: Gish Jen" '' MELUS'', Vol. 18, 1993
Early life and education
Gish Jen is a second-generation Chinese American. Her p ...
(Ren Bilian; born 1955), American writer
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Simon Yam
Simon Yam Tat-wah (; born 19 March 1955) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival and box office hits such as ''Naked Killer'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Election' ...
(Ren Dahua; born 1955), Hong Kong actor
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Ren Runhou
Ren Runhou (October 1957 – September 30, 2014) was a Chinese business executive and politician from Shanxi Province. He was the chief executive of Lu'an Group, a state-owned coal production company based in Shanxi, for over ten years begin ...
(born 1957), former Vice Governor of
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
province
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Ren Jianxin (born 1959), founder and president of
ChemChina
China National Chemical Corporation, commonly known as ChemChina, is a Chinese state-owned chemical company in the product segments of agrochemicals, rubber products, chemical materials and specialty chemicals, industrial equipment, and petroch ...
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Ren Yexiang (born 1961), actress
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Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Professor Vivian Yam Wing-wah (born 10 February 1963) CSci, CChem, FRSC, is a Hong Kong chemist. The youngest member to be elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (as of 2013), she was a 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science lau ...
(Ren Yonghua; born 1963), Hong Kong chemist
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Ren Xuefeng
Ren Xuefeng (; 26 October 1965 – 31 October 2019) was a Chinese politician and business executive. Ren was an early leader of the Binhai New Area in Tianjin and served as the city's vice-mayor for eight years. He was transferred to Guangdong ...
(1965–2019), Party Chief of
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
and Deputy Party Chief of
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
and
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
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Richie Jen (Ren Xianqi; born 1966), Taiwanese singer and actor
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Yam Kai-bong (任啟邦, born 1978), Hong Kong politician
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Edward Yum
Edward Yum Liang-Hsien (; born 1979) is an entrepreneur and was a member of the Hong Kong Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong, pro-democracy camp People Power (Hong Kong), People Power. He is the son of former Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legi ...
(Ren Liangxian; born 1979), Hong Kong politician, son of Yum Sin-ling
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Alex Yam (任梓铭, born 1981), Singaporean politician
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Selina Jen
Selina Jen Chia-hsüan (; born 31 October 1981) is a Taiwanese singer, television host and actress. She is a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E."我猜我猜我猜猜猜 20070212." Web. Retrieved 10 December 2009. On 11 June 2004, she gradua ...
(Ren Jiaxuan; born 1981), Taiwanese singer, member of
S.H.E
S.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group whose members are Selina Jen, Hebe Tien, and Ella Chen. They formed in 2001 and are managed by HIM International Music but decided not to renew their contract in 2019 due to having their own management company.
...
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Ren Hui (born 1983), female speed skater, Olympic medalist
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Ren Han
Ren Han (; born February 27, 1984, in Tianjin) is a Chinese contemporary artist.
Biography
Ren Han was born in 1984 in Tianjin, China. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2006, then he graduated ...
(born 1984), artist
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Ren Yongshun (born 1985), football player
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Ren Cancan (born 1986), world champion female boxer
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Ren Ye (born 1986), female
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player, Olympic medalist
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Ren Hang (1987–2017), photographer
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Ren Suxi
Ren Suxi (; born 1 June 1988) is a Chinese actress. She made her acting debut in the drama film ''The Eighth Clay Man'' (2006), and has since gone on to appear in numerous movie and film titles such as '' Mr. Donkey'' (2016) and '' Looking Up'' ( ...
(born 1988), Chinese actress and singer
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Ren Hang (born 1989), football player
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Ren Xin (born 1989), football player
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Ren Jialun
Ren Jialun (; born Ren Guochao on 11 April 1989), also known as Allen Ren, is a Chinese actor and singer. He is best known for his historical drama '' The Glory of Tang Dynasty'' (2017), '' Under The Power'' (2019), '' Forever and Ever'', ''One ...
(born 1989), Chinese actor and singer
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Ren Junfei (born 1990), basketball player
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Ren Hao (
任豪) (born 1995), Chinese singer, member of
R1SE
R1SE was a Chinese idol boy band, formed by Tencent through the 2019 reality show '' Produce Camp 2019'' on Tencent Video. The group consisted of 11 members: Zhou Zhennan, He Luoluo, Yan Xujia, Xia Zhiguang, Yao Chen, Zhai Xiaowen, Zhang Yanqi ...
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Ren Ziwei (born 1997), speed skater
References
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Chinese-language surnames
Individual Chinese surnames