Chai (surname)

Chai (Chinese: 柴, also spelled as Tsai, Tchai, Tschai, Chaai, Caai) is a Chinese surname. The same surname is Sài in Vietnamese, and Si (시, sometimes spelled as Shi, See, Sie, Sea) in Korean.

People with the name

• Chai Shao (588–638), Chinese military general in the Tang Dynasty
• Chai Rong (921–959), Chinese emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty
• Chai Zongxun (953–973), Chinese emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Chai Rong's son
• Yosef Hayyim (1832-1909), Kabbalist rabbi, also known as Ben Ish Chai
• Chai Zemin (1916–2010), Chinese diplomat
• Lai Kew Chai (1941–2006), Singaporean judge
• Chai Songyue (born 1941), Chinese politician
• Makana Risser Chai (born 1953), American author and massage therapist
• Mark Chai (born 1954), Hawaiian-Chinese sculptor
• Chai Hui-chen (born c. 1955), Taiwanese general and politician
• Arlene J. Chai (born 1955), Filipino author
• Nelson Chai (born 1965), American businessman
• Chai Ling (born 1966), Chinese student leader in the 1989 Tian'anmen Square protests
• Chai Jing (born 1976), Chinese journalist and host
• Chai Biao (born 1990), Chinese badminton player

In fiction:

• Chai Jin, fictional character in the novel The Water Margin, descendant of Chai Rong

See also

• Qi (surname) (齊)
• Cai (surname) (蔡)

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