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Qu (surname 曲)
Qu (). While the character 曲 is often pronounced Qǔ (third tone) in Modern Mandarin, the surname is pronounced Qū in the first tone. It is written Khúc in Vietnamese. Notable people * Wanting Qu (Chinese: 曲婉婷, born 1983) simply known as Wanting, Chinese-born singer-songwriter and pianist * Khúc Thừa Dụ (Chinese: 曲承裕; pinyin: Qū Chéngyù) or Khúc Tiên Chủ (曲先主; Qū Xiānzhǔ) (?–907), Vietnamese Jiedushi of Vietnam and Jinghai-jun (Tĩnh Hải quân), in the early 10th century * Qu Bo (Chinese: 曲波, born 1981), retired Chinese footballer * Qu Yunxia (simplified Chinese: 曲云霞 born 1972), Chinese Olympic athlete who specialized in the 1500 metres * Qu Bo (writer) (Chinese: 曲波; pinyin: Qū Bō; 1923–2002), Chinese novelist * Qu Tongfeng ( 1873–1929), general who served Yuan Shikai and the Anhui clique * Qu Xiaohui ( Chinese: 曲晓辉; born 1987), Chinese football player * Qu Feifei (; born 1982), Chinese football (socc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khúc
Khúc is a Vietnamese surname. Notable people with the surname Khúc * Khúc family, a session of leaders who challenged Tang rule over Vietnam. **Khúc Thừa Dụ, the head of the Khúc family **Khúc Hạo **Khúc Thừa Mỹ Khúc Thừa Mỹ (chữ Hán: 曲承美; pinyin: ''Qū Chéngměi''; governed: 918–923 or 918–930) was a self-declared jiedushi of Tĩnh Hải quân (modern northern Vietnam) during the later part of the Third Chinese domination of Vietnam, ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Khuc (Surname) Vietnamese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qu Xiaohui
Qu Xiaohui (; born 10 March 1987) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career In 2005, Qu Xiaohui started his professional footballer career with Liaoning Whowin in the Chinese Super League. He would eventually make his league debut for Liaoning on 9 July 2005 in a game against Shandong Luneng Taishan, coming on as a substitute for Zhao Junzhe in the 76th minute. In 2010, Qu transferred to China League Two side Harbin Yiteng. In March 2011, Qu transferred to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai. In January 2013, Qu transferred to Chinese Super League side Liaoning Whowin. In July 2013, he was loaned to China League Two side Lijiang Jiayunhao until 31 December. On 25 January 2016, Qu signed for China League One club Dalian Yifang. In March 2018, Qu transferred to China League Two club Dalian Boyoung. Career statistics ''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.'' Honours Club Liaoning Whowin *China League On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinh People
The Vietnamese people (, ) or the Kinh people (), also known as the Viet people or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day northern Vietnam and southern China who speak Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language. Vietnamese Kinh people account for 85.32% of the population of Vietnam in the 2019 census, and are officially designated and recognized as the ''Kinh'' people () to distinguish them from the other minority groups residing in the country such as the Hmong, Cham, or Mường. The Vietnamese are one of the four main groups of Vietic speakers in Vietnam, the others being the Mường, Thổ, and Chứt people. Diasporic descendants of the Vietnamese in China, known as the Gin people, are one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, residing in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Terminology According to Churchman (2010), all endonyms and exonyms referring to the Vietnamese such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Chinese
The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people, are an East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the list of contemporary ethnic groups, world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the world population. The Han Chinese represent 91.11% of the population in China and 97% of the population in Taiwan. Han Chinese are also a significant Overseas Chinese, diasporic group in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. In Singapore, people of Han Chinese or Chinese descent make up around 75% of the country's population. The Han Chinese have exerted a primary formative influence in the development and growth of Chinese civilization. Originating from Zhongyuan, the Han Chinese trace their ancestry to the Huaxia people, a confederation of agricultural tribes that lived along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the north central plains of Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western name order, Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use, but the great proportion of Han Chinese people use only a relatively small number of these surnames; 19 surnames are used by around half of the Han Chinese people, while 100 surnames are used by around 87% of the population. A report in 2019 gives the List of common Chinese surnames, most common Chinese surnames as Wang (surname), Wang and Li (surname 李), Li, each shared by over 100 million people in China. The remaining eight of the top ten most common Chinese surnames are Zhang (surname), Zhang, Liu, Chen (surname), Chen, Yang (surname), Yang, Huang (surname), Huang, Zhao (surname), Zhao, Wu (surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khúc Clan
The Khúc family or Khúc clan (, chữ Nôm: 𣱆曲, , chữ Hán: 曲家; zh, 曲家) was a succession of native leaders who ruled over Tĩnh Hải quân during the late Tang dynasty until the Five Dynasties period. The Chinese Tang dynasty took control of the region of Jiaozhi (Giao Châu; roughly corresponding to the area of the modern Red River Delta) in 621 from the preceding Sui dynasty. Later, the Tang dynasty established 12 provinces and 59 districts under the Protectorate of Annan. Effective control exercised by the Tang dynasty lasted until the 10th century, when Khúc Thừa Dụ took over as ''jiedushi'' in 905. By 906 an autonomous region in Vietnam was established under the Khúc clan in Tống Bình (near modern-day Hanoi), paving the way for total Vietnamese independence from China under Đinh Bộ Lĩnh. Preconditions The Tang took control of the northern Vietnamese region of Jiaozhi ( Giao Chỉ; roughly corresponding to the area of the modern Red River D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qu Feifei
Qu Feifei (; born May 18, 1982, in Shenyang, Liaoning) is a Chinese football (soccer) player who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes .... In 2004, she finished ninth with the Chinese team in the women's tournament. She played both matches. External links Profile at Yahoo! Sports 1982 births Living people Chinese women's footballers 21st-century Chinese sportswomen China women's international footballers Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for China 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Shenyang Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China Women's association football midfielder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Language
Chinese ( or ) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and List of ethnic groups in China, many minority ethnic groups in China, as well as by various communities of the Chinese diaspora. Approximately 1.39 billion people, or 17% of the global population, speak a variety of Chinese as their first language. Chinese languages form the Sinitic languages, Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The spoken varieties of Chinese are usually considered by native speakers to be dialects of a single language. However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means they are sometimes considered to be separate languages in a Language family, family. Investigation of the historical relationships among the varieties of Chinese is ongoing. Currently, most classifications posit 7 to 13 main regional groups based on phonetic developments from Middle Chinese, of which the most spoken by far is Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin with 66%, or around 800&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anhui Clique
The Anhui clique () was a military and political organization, one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang clique in the Republic of China's Warlord Era. It was named after Anhui province because several of its generals–including its founder, Duan Qirui–were born in Anhui. The clique's main members were Duan Qirui, Duan Zhigui, Jin Yunpeng, Wang Yitang, Lu Yongxiang, Zhang Jingyao, Wu Guangxin, Chen Shufan, Zheng Shiqi, Xu Shuzheng, etc. The Anhui Clique was largely a collection of military officers with connections to Duan Qirui, either due to family ties such as Wu Guangxin, being from the same locality such as Duan Zhigui, or having a teacher-student relationship such as Xu Shuzheng or Jin Yunpeng.Andrew J Nathan (1976). Peking politics, 1918-1923: factionalism and the failure of constitutionalism. University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies. ISBN 978-0-89264-131-4. However, the Anhui Clique would grow to be defined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanting Qu
Wanting Qu (; born October 10, 1984), known simply as Wanting, is a Chinese pianist and singer-songwriter who is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Career Wanting Qu was born and raised in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, where her mother worked as a city official. She moved to Canada at 16 to study, eventually earning a degree in international business, and relocated to Vancouver where she began her musical career. In 2009, she became the first Chinese artist to be signed to the Nettwerk label; she is managed by Terry McBride. Her first album, ''Everything in the World'' (produced by Winston Hauschild and jointly released with Universal Music China in 2012) went platinum in China within its first week on sale, and her singles "You Exist in My Song" and "Drenched" were used in the soundtrack for the Hong Kong film ''Love in the Buff''. The music video for "You Exist in My Song" is one of seven Chinese music videos to reach 200 millions on YouTube. In 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 18596 June 1916) was a Chinese general and statesman who served as the second provisional president and the first official president of the Republic of China, head of the Beiyang government from 1912 to 1916 and Emperor of China from 1915 to 1916. A major political figure during the late Qing dynasty, he spearheaded a number of major modernisation programs and reforms and played a decisive role in securing the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in 1912, which marked the collapse of the Qing monarchy and the end of imperial rule in China. Born to an affluent Han family in Henan, Yuan began his career in the Huai Army. He was sent to Joseon to head a Qing garrison in Seoul and was appointed imperial resident and supreme adviser to the Korean government after thwarting the Gapsin Coup in 1885. He was recalled to China shortly before the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War, and received command of the first New Army, which paved the way for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qu Tongfeng
Qu Tongfeng, (; ; 1873–1929) was a general who served Yuan Shikai and the Anhui clique. Qu Tongfeng was born in Fushan County, now in Yantai, Fushan District of Shandong. At age 16 he joined the Beiyang Fleet and served as second-class engineer on the '' Dingyuan'' during the First Sino–Japanese War. When the ship was sunk in the Battle of the Yalu River he escaped into the sea and was rescued. He went on to get a higher education and was sent to the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903, graduating in 1904. Upon his return he was given an infantry unit command. In 1907 he was given posts in the Beiyang Army in charge of drill, discipline and inspection. In 1910 he was promoted to command of a unit in Yunnan. Following the 1911 Wuchang Uprising Qu rose in revolt, becoming commander of the 2nd Division. In 1912 he was promoted to Major General. He was President of the Baoding Military Academy from 1913 to 1915. He was removed after opposing Yuan Shikai's capitulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
