Diao

Diao (刁)
Pronunciation	Diāo (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s)	Tiao

Diao is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 刁 in Chinese character. It is romanized as Tiao in Wade–Giles. Diao is listed 148th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[1] As of 2008, it is the 245th most common surname in China, shared by 300,000 people.^[2]

Notable people

• Diao Jian (刁间), one of the richest merchants of the Western Han dynasty
• Diao Zidu (刁子都; died 26 AD), Xin dynasty rebel leader
• Diao Xie (刁協; died 322), Eastern Jin dynasty prime minister
• Diao Yi (刁彝), son of Diao Xie, avenged his father's death
• Diao Yong (刁雍; 390–484), Eastern Jin official, great-grandson of Diao Xie
• Diao Guangyin or Diao Guang (刁光胤; ca. 852–935), Tang dynasty painter
• George Tiao (刁錦寰; born 1933), statistician, member of the Academia Sinica
• Diao Wenyuan (刁文元; born 1943), table tennis player and coach
• David Diao (born 1943), Chinese-American artist
• Diao Guoxin (刁国新; born 1958), PLA lieutenant general
• Diao Yinan (born 1969), filmmaker and actor
• Diao Xiaojuan (born 1986), female Hong Kong cyclist
• Barbie Diao (刁扬; born 1990), model
• Diao Linyu (刁琳宇; born 1994), women's volleyball player
• Chuti Tiu, American actress

See also

• Salif Diao, Senegalese footballer

References