Lí (黎) (surname)
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Lí |
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Region of origin | China |
Language of origin | Chinese |
Popularity | Behind the Name |
Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Lí |
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For other surnames romanized as Li, see Li (surname).
Lí (Chinese: 黎) is a Chinese surname meaning "dawn"[1]. It is most common in Central and South China (including Hong Kong) where it is transliterated as "Lai" (from the Cantonese language), and is one of the four most common surnames among ethnic Vietnamese, which in the Vietnamese language is Lê.
[edit] Prominent people with the surname
- Li Yüan-hung, provisional ROC president
- Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily
- Gigi Lai, singer and TVB actress
- Leon Lai, Cantopop singer
- Lai Man-Wai, film director
- Kitson Lai, founder of Bloggerdaddy.com