Nie (surname)
Nie[1] (simplified Chinese: 聂; traditional Chinese: 聶; pinyin: Niè) is a Chinese surname. Nie is the 126th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames. It is spelled Nip in Cantonese.
Notable people
- Nie Jigui (聶緝槼), Judge of Shanghai under Empress Dowager Cixi, son-in-law of Zeng Guofan
- Nie Dan (Daniel Nie), a recipient of 2000 Sam Ragan Awards, a leading Chinese-American artist.
- Nie Er, Chinese composer in the 20th century
- Nie Haisheng, a Chinese astronaut
- Nie Li, lieutenant general of People's Liberation Army, daughter of Nie Rongzhen
- Nie Rongzhen, marshal of the People's Liberation Army
- Nie Shicheng, general in Qing Dynasty
- Nie Weiping, professional weiqi player
- Nie Yuan, actor
- Nie Yuanzi, key figure in the Cultural Revolution
Notes
- ↑ The approximate pronunciation in English is /njɛ/.
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