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Xi (surname)
__NOTOC__ Xi ( ; ) is the romanization in Pinyin of several different Chinese family names, including: * (; :zh:奚姓, see Chinese Wikipedia article) * (; :zh:西姓, see Chinese Wikipedia article) * (; :zh:席姓, see Chinese Wikipedia article) */ (; :zh:習姓, see Chinese Wikipedia article) This is the most common surname romanized "Xi", making up approximately 0.01% of the population of Mainland China. * () * (; :zh:郤姓, see Chinese Wikipedia article) * (; :zh:郗姓, see Chinese Wikipedia article) Xi is spelled "Hsi" in Wade-Giles. People 奚 It is the 45th name in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem written during the Song dynasty, around 1000 years ago. *Ming Xi (; born 1990), Chinese fashion model *Xi Aihua (; born 1982), Chinese rower *Xi Xiaoming (; born 1954), Chinese judge 席 It is the 133rd name in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. During the Chu–Han Contention, many people surnamed Ji (surname 籍), Ji () changed their surname to Xi () because of naming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanization
In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Latin script, Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription (linguistics), transcription, for representing the spoken word, and combinations of both. Transcription methods can be subdivided into ''phonemic orthography, phonemic transcription'', which records the phonemes or units of semantic meaning in speech, and more strict ''phonetic transcription'', which records speech sounds with precision. Methods There are many consistent or standardized romanization systems. They can be classified by their characteristics. A particular system's characteristics may make it better-suited for various, sometimes contradictory applications, including document retrieval, linguistic analysis, easy readability, faithful representation of pronunciation. * Source, or donor language – A system may be tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji (surname 籍)
Jí is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized as Chi in Wade–Giles, and Zik in Cantonese. Ji is listed 275th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China. Origin According to the '' Zuo Zhuan'' and the Song dynasty encyclopedia '' Tongzhi'', the surname Ji 籍 originated from Bo Yan ( 伯黡), a chief minister of the state of Jin, a major power of the Spring and Autumn period. Boyan was in charge of government records, and was commonly referred to as Ji Yan (''ji'' 籍 means record). His descendants adopted Ji as their surname. During the Chu–Han Contention, many people surnamed Ji 籍 changed their surname to Xi 席 because of naming taboo of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, whose given name was Ji 籍. Notable people *Bo Yan (伯黡) or Ji Yan, chief minister of the state of Jin *Ji Yan or Ji You ( 籍偃, fl. 6th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ximen
Ximen ( zh, t=西門, s=西门, p=Xīmén) is a Chinese compound surname. Ximen literally means "west gate", the origination story says that there was a noble family in Zheng or Qi state live near the west gate, so the descendants took Ximen (west gate) as their family name. As compound surnames are rare in China, some Ximen families have changed their name to the single surname Xi(西). Notable people named Ximen * Ximen Bao, minister and court advisor in Wei * Ximen Qing, fictional character in ''Water Margin'' and '' The Plum in the Golden Vase'' * Ximen Chuixue, fictional character in '' The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng'' * Ximen Yan, fictional character in '' Meteor Garden (2018 TV series)'' * Ximen Nao (西门闹), fictional main character in '' Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out'' by Mo Yan Guan Moye (; born 5 March 1955), better known by the pen name Mo Yan (, ), is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. In 2012, Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi (other)
Xi is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. Xi may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Xi'' (alternate reality game), a console-based game * Xi, Japanese name for the video game '' Devil Dice'' * '' Saw XI'', an upcoming film in the ''Saw'' franchise Phonetics * Xi, a Latin digraph used in British English to write the sound People *Xi (surname), any of several Chinese surnames **Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012 Places * Xi (state), an ancient Chinese state during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties * Xi County, Henan, China * Xi County, Shanxi, China *Xi River, western tributary of the Pearl River in southern China Other uses * Xi (business), a Chinese form of business organization * Xi baryon, a range of baryons with one up or down quark and two heavier quarks * Xi, a brand name for the 4G LTE mobile telecommunications service operated by NTT DoCoMo in Japan * Xi (apartment), a brand name for some apartments constructed by GS Construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Xi
Hsi Hsi/Sai Sai/Xi Xi (; 7 October 1937 – 18 December 2022) was the pseudonym of the Hong Kong author and poet Cheung Yin, "Ellen"/Zhang Yan (). She was born in Shanghai, and moved to Hong Kong at the age of twelve. She was formerly a teacher and had been a Hong Kong–based writer. Her works are also popular in Taiwan and mainland China. She had become a rather well-known figure to many secondary school students in Hong Kong. This was due in particular to one of her essays, "Shops" (店鋪), which was adopted as reading material for the Chinese Language paper in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority of the time. In 2019, Hsi Hsi was the recipient of the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature. Childhood Hsi Hsi's ancestors came from Chungshan/Hsiangshan/Heungshan, Kwangtung (now Zhongshan, Guangdong). She was born in Putung, Shanghai, where she would go on to attend primary school. Hsi Hsi was born in 1937, thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiaoxing Xi
Xiaoxing Xi (; born 1957) is a Chinese-born American physicist. He is the Laura H. Carnell Professor and former chair at the Physics Department of Temple University in Philadelphia. In May 2015, the United States Department of Justice arrested him on charges of having sent restricted American technology to China. All charges against him were dropped in September 2015. Career Xi was born in China and received his Ph.D. from Peking University in 1987. He was a researcher at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center in Germany, and moved to the United States in 1989. In the US he worked at Bell Communication Research at Rutgers University and the University of Maryland, before becoming a faculty member of Pennsylvania State University in 1995. He has since naturalized as a US citizen. Xi's wife is also a physics professor, who teaches at Pennsylvania State University. They have two daughters and live in suburban Philadelphia. He was named chairman of Temple University's physics depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Mingze
Xi Mingze (; ; born 25 June 1992), nicknamed Xiao Muzi (), is the daughter and only child of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, and singer Peng Liyuan. Early life and education Xi Mingze was born on 25 June 1992 at Fuzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital in Fuzhou. She is the only child of Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan. Xi keeps a low profile, and not much of her personal information has been revealed to the public. She studied French at her high school, Hangzhou Foreign Language School, from 2006 to 2008. Xi enrolled in Harvard University in the United States in 2010, after a year of undergraduate study at Zhejiang University. She enrolled under a pseudonym and maintained a low profile. In 2014, she graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and was thought to have returned to Beijing. Public life Following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Xi volunteered as a disaster relief worker for one week in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus the paramount leader of China, since 2012. Since 2013, Xi has also served as the seventh president of China. As a member of the fifth Generations of Chinese leadership, generation of Chinese leadership, Xi is the first CCP general secretary born after the Proclamation of the People's Republic of China, establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The son of Chinese communist veteran Xi Zhongxun, Xi was exiled to rural Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province, as a teenager following his father's purge during the Cultural Revolution. He lived in a yaodong in the village of Liangjiahe, where he joined the CCP after several failed attempts and worked as the local Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, party secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Zhongxun
Xi Zhongxun ( Chinese: 习仲勋; pinyin: ''Xí Zhòngxūn;'' 15 October 1913 – 24 May 2002) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who played a significant role in the history of the People's Republic of China. He served as the first Secretary General of the State Council from 1954 to 1965, Vice Premier of the State Council from 1959 to 1965, Party Secretary of Guangdong from 1978 to 1980, and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1980 to 1983 and again from 1988 to 1993. He was also the father of Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012. Recognized as a key figure in both the first and second generations of Chinese leadership, Xi played a pivotal role in the Chinese Communist revolution and the development of the People's Republic. His contributions spanned from establishing Communist guerrilla bases in northwestern China in the 1930s to pioneering economic liberalization in so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Zuochi
Xi Zuochi (after 316 – 384), courtesy name Yanwei, was a Jin dynasty historian native to Xiangyang, Hubei. He is principally remembered for being the first historian to regard the Wei dynasty as an illegitimate successor to the Han dynasty. Life Born into a powerful family of local magnates, Xi Zuochi was ambitious and studious from a young age. Beginning his career as a clerk, Xi Zuochi came to the attention of Inspector of Jing Province Huan Wen through the repeated recommendations of Yuan Qiao (), magistrate of Jiangxia Commandery. Huan Wen greatly esteemed Xi Zuochi, promoting him three times during the course of a single year, such that Xi Zuochi held the position of Superintendent of Records in the central administration of Jing Province while he was still a young man, possibly not yet thirty years old. Huan Wen would occasionally employ Xi Zuochi as an administrative aide whilst on campaign, and he excelled in all his duties whether in camp or in the office.''Book of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Zezong
Xi Zezong (June 6, 1927, Yuanqu, Shanxi – December 27, 2008, Beijing) was a Chinese astronomer, historian, and translator. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an awardee of the Astronomy Prize. He identified a possible reference to one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter in the fragmentary ancient works of the 4th-century BC Chinese astronomer Gan De, who may have made observation of either Ganymede or Callisto in summer 365 BC. Honors Asteroid 85472 Xizezong, discovered by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program in 1997, was named in his honor. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Funct ... on April 2, 2007 (). References External links 85472 Xizezong JPL Small-Body Database Browser {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xi Shengmo
Xi Shengmo ( zh, t=席勝魔, w=Hsi Shêng-mo; c. 1836–1896) also known as ''Pastor Hsi'', was a Chinese Christian leader. Life He was born ''Xi Zizhi'' in a village near Linfen, became a Confucian scholar, and, after his conversion to Christianity, changed his given name to Shengmo or ''Conqueror of Demons''. Having been an opium addict himself, he ran a ministry to opium addicts in many locations over a considerable area. There is more written about Xi than any other 19th-century Chinese Protestant, due largely to the two-volume biography written about him by Geraldine Taylor of the China Inland Mission. David Hill, an English Methodist missionary, was instrumental in introducing Xi to Christianity. After his conversion, Pastor Xi fabricated his own medications made of morphia to treat opium addicts, and many sick people were brought to him for healing. Prayer was a major factor in his treatments, and a number of the recoveries were considered miraculous: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
