Zhijian
Zhijian | |||
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Traditional | 智健 | 志健 | 志堅 |
Simplified | 志坚 | ||
Mandarin Pinyin | Zhìjiàn | Zhìjiān | |
Cantonese Yale | Jigihn | Jigīn | |
Zhijian is the Pinyin spelling of a number of different Chinese given names. These names are also spelled Chih-chien in the Wade–Giles romanisation common in Taiwan, and Chi-kin in typical Hong Kong Cantonese spelling. Some ways of writing this name are listed in the table at right.
People with these names include:
- Li Zhijian (李志坚, born 1928), microelectronics pioneer
- Bai Zhijian (白志健, born 1948), director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region
- Zhang Zhijian (born 1934), People's Liberation Army general
- Larry Yung Chi-kin (榮智健, born 1942), former chairman of CITIC Pacific
- Fung Chi-kin (馮志堅, born 1949), former Hong Kong Legislative Councilmember
- Kwong Chi-kin (鄺志堅, born 1958), Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions politician
- Sammy Leung Chi-kin (梁志健, born 1973), disc jockey for Hong Kong Commercial Radio
- Tam Chi Kin (譚智健, born 1980), Hong Kong swimmer
- Chao Chih-chien (born 1983), Taiwanese track and field athlete
- Zhijian James Chen (陈志坚), professor of biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center