Ruan ( zh, c=阮, p=Ruǎn, w=''Juan'', ) is a

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. The

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version or is transcribed Oán and Ńg in

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Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

version is romanized Jyun2 in the

Jyutping The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme, also known as Jyutping, is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed in 1993 by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK). The name ''Jyutping'' (itself the Jyutping ro ...

system or Yún in the

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system, or more commonly Yuen or Un (the latter is typical in

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). In Hokchew Chinese, it is Nguang. Its

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equivalent is

Nguyễn Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...

(pronounced in Northern Vietnamese and in Southern Vietnamese), and is the most common Vietnamese family name.

Notable people named Ruan

* Ruan Chengfa, a Chinese politician, former Party secretary and governor of

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

province and Party secretary of

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

. *, a literature writer during Han Dynasty (Chinese: 阮瑀; ?-212) *, a bibliography writer during North Southern and Northern Dynasties (Chinese: 阮孝緒; 479－536) *

Ruan Ji Ruan Ji (210–263), courtesy name Sizong, was a Chinese musician, poet, and military officer who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period. He was one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. The guqin melody ''Jiukuang'' ( ...

, is one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Chinese: 阮籍;210-263) * Ruan Xian, a Chinese scholar who lived during the Six Dynasties period (Chinese: 阮咸;3rd century) *

Ruan Yuan Ruan Yuan (; 1764–1849), courtesy name Boyuan (伯元), art name Yuntai (芸臺), posthumous name Wenda (文達), was a Chinese historian, politician, and writer of the Qing dynasty who was the most prominent Chinese scholar during the first ...

, a scholar-official of renown in mid-Qing China prior to the Opium War (Chinese: 阮元, 1764–1849) *

Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu (born Ruan Fenggen; April 26, 1910 – March 8, 1935), also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her exceptional acting ability and suicid ...

, 20th-century Chinese actress (阮玲玉, 1910–1935) * Ruan Lufei, Chinese chess player (阮露斐, b. 1987) * Ruan Xiaoqi, character in the novel Water Margin (阮小七) *

Ethan Juan Ethan Juan (, born 8 November 1982) is a Taiwanese actor and model. He gained popularity in idol dramas '' Green Forest, My Home'' (2005), '' Wayward Kenting'' (2007), '' Fated to Love You'' (2008), and '' My Queen'' (2009) and had a frequent c ...

, a Taiwanese actor * Wan Soon Bee, Singapore politician and businessman. * Francis Yuen, Singaporean politician * Kitty Yuen, Hong Kong entertainer * Louis Yuen Siu-cheung, Hong Kong actor * John Ruan, an American businessman and founder of Ruan Transportation * Yongbin Ruan (born 1953), Chinese mathematician * Xinbo Ruan, Chinese engineer *Ruan Mei, fictional character in the video game Honkai: Star Rail

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Notable people named Ruan

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