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Jiǎ () is a
Jiǎ () is a surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. Chia is the corresponding Wade-Giles romanization, which is commonly used in Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. Ka is the corresponding Cantonese
Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...
-based romanization, which is used in Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
and other Cantonese-speaking regions.
Notable people with Jia as a surname
Historical figures
*Jia Yi
Jia Yi (; c. 200169 BCE) was a Chinese essayist, poet and politician of the Western Han dynasty, best known as one of the earliest known writers of ''fu'' rhapsody and for his essay "Disquisition Finding Fault with Qin" (''Guò Qín Lùn'' ), w ...
(賈誼; 200–169 BCE), official of the Han dynasty
* Jia Kui (scholar)
Jia Kui (30–101 CE), courtesy name Jingbo, was a Confucian philosopher who lived in the early Eastern Han period. He was a descendant of the Western Han politician and writer Jia Yi. He was born in Pingling (平陵), Youfufeng Commandery (右扶 ...
(賈逵; 30–101), scholar and astronomer of the Eastern Han dynasty
* Jia Xu
Jia Xu (147 – 11 August 223), courtesy name Wenhe, was an official of the state of Cao Wei during the early Three Kingdoms period of China. He started his career in the late Eastern Han dynasty as a minor official. In 189, when the warlord Don ...
(賈詡; 147–223), official of the Cao Wei state
* Jia Kui (general)
Jia Kui (174–228), originally named Jia Qu, courtesy name Liangdao, was a Chinese military general and politician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He served under the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
L ...
(賈逵; 174–228), general of Cao Wei state
* Jia Chong (賈充; 217–282), general of the Jin dynasty
* Jia Nanfeng
Jia Nanfeng (257 – 13 May 300), nicknamed Shi (峕), was a Chinese empress consort. She was the daughter of Jia Chong and first wife of Emperor Hui of the Jin dynasty and also the granddaughter of Jia Kui. She is commonly seen as a villaino ...
(賈南風; 257–300), empress of the Jin dynasty
* Huiyuan (慧遠; 334–416), Buddhist teacher of the Jin dynasty
* Jia Dan Jia Dan (, 730 – 805), courtesy name Dunshi () and formally Duke Yuanjing of Wei (), was a Chinese cartographer, military general, and politician from Cangzhou, Hebei during the Tang dynasty.
Background
Jia Dan was born in 730, during the reign ...
(賈耽; 730–805), official of the Tang dynasty
* Jia Dao
Jia Dao () (779–843), courtesy name Langxian (), was a Chinese Buddhist monk and poet active during the Tang dynasty.
Biography
Jia Dao was born near modern Beijing; after a period as a Buddhist monk, he went to Chang'an. He became one of Ha ...
(賈島; 779–843), poet of the Tang dynasty
* (賈餗; died 835), official of the Tang dynasty
* Jia Xian
Jia Xian (; ca. 1010–1070) was a Chinese mathematician from Kaifeng of the Song dynasty.
Biography
According to the history of the Song dynasty, Jia was a palace eunuch of the Left Duty Group. He studied under the mathematician Chu Yan, and ...
(贾宪; 1010–1070), mathematician of the Song dynasty
* Jia Sidao
Jia Sidao (August 25, 1213 – October 1275), courtesy name Shixian, was a Chinese politician. He was a chancellor of the late Song dynasty of China, the younger brother of a concubine of Emperor Lizong, who subsequently had a relationship of sp ...
(賈似道; 1213–1275), grand chancellor of the Southern Song dynasty under Emperor Lizong
Emperor Lizong of Song (26 January 1205 – 16 November 1264), personal name Zhao Yun, was the 14th emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the fifth emperor of the Southern Song dynasty. He reigned from 1224 to 1264.
His original name was ...
Film and television
*Jia Zhangke
Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...
(贾樟柯; born 1970), Chinese film director
* Jia Hongsheng
Jia Hongsheng (; 19 March 1967 – 5 July 2010) was a Chinese actor who became known in the late 1980s and early 1990s for roles in movies like ''The Case of the Silver Snake'' (1988), ''Good Morning, Beijing'' (1991), ''A Woman from North Shaan ...
(贾宏声; 1967–2010), Chinese actor
* Alyssa Chia (賈靜雯; born 1974), Taiwanese actress
* JJ Jia (賈曉晨; born 1982), Chinese actress
* Jia Nailiang
Jia Nailiang (, born 12 April 1984) is a Chinese actor. Jia graduated from Beijing Film Academy. Jia ranked 50th on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100
The ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 is a list published annually by ''Forbes'' that ranks the inf ...
(; born 1984), Chinese actor
Government and politics
*Chia Ching-teh
Chia Ching-teh (1880-1960; ) was a politician in the Republic of China. He was the Vice Premier in 1949.
Background
Chia was educated at Hubei Military Academy. Chinese government records indicated that he was a member of the Examination Yuan, ...
(1880–1960), President of the Republic of China Examination Yuan (1952–1954)
* Jia Deyao (賈德耀; 1880–1940), Republic of China general and politician
* Jia Zhijie
Jia Zhijie (; born 1935) is a retired politician of the People's Republic of China. He was born in Jilin Province. He graduated from the Moscow Petroleum Institute in 1960, the same year he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He served as gov ...
(贾志杰; born 1935), Chinese politician, governor of Gansu and Hubei
* Jia Chunwang
Jia Chunwang (; born May 1938) is a Chinese politician, intelligence officer, and prosecutor who held top positions in both the security apparatus and judiciary of the People's Republic of China.
(贾春旺; born 1938), Chinese official of the Supreme People's Procurator
* Jia Qinglin
Jia Qinglin (; born 13 March 1940) is a retired senior leader of the People's Republic of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee, the party's highest ruling organ, between ...
(贾庆林; born 1940), Chinese politician, member of the Politburo Standing Committee
* Jia Zhibang
Jia Zhibang (; born November 1946) is a Chinese politician, who served between 2005 and 2012 as the Director of State Forestry Administration. He also previously held the post of Governor of Shaanxi province.
Career
Born in Wuqi, Shaanxi Provinc ...
(贾治邦; born 1946), Chinese official of the State Forestry Administration
* Jia Yongsheng (贾永生; born 1947), People's Liberation Army Air Force general
* Jia Ting'an
Jia Ting'an (; born September 3, 1952) is a retired general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He served as the deputy director of the Political Work Department. He was a principal aide to Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chin ...
(贾廷安; born 1952), People's Liberation Army General Political Department general
* Jia Gaojian Jia Gaojian (; born May 1959) is the current director of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau, an organ under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, a position in which he has served since January 2013. Jia is the superinte ...
(贾高建; born 1959), Chinese official of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau
Sport
* Jia Lianren (1912–?), Chinese middle distance runner *Jia Xiuquan
Jia Xiuquan (; born 9 November 1963) is a Chinese football manager and former international player.
Player career
Club career
As a player, Jia Xiuquan predominately played the majority of his career for Bayi Football Team. During his time a ...
(贾秀全; born 1963), Chinese football manager
* Jia Guihua (born 1964), Chinese fencer
* Jia Zhanbo
Jia Zhanbo (; born 15 March 1974) is a Chinese sports shooter. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics in two 50 m small-bore rifle events, prone and three positions, and won the three positions event in 2004.Jia Wenpeng (贾文鹏; born 1978), Chinese football midfielder
* Jia Xiaozhong (贾孝忠; born 1980), Chinese basketball player
* Jia Yunbing (born 1981), Chinese judo practitioner
* Jia Dandan (贾丹丹; born 1982), Chinese ice hockey player
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Jia Yubing
Jia Yubing (, born 1983-02-18 in Beijing) is a Chinese baseball player. He was a member of Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 2007 he signed with the Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team b ...
(贾昱冰; born 1983), Chinese baseball player
* Jia Delong
Jia Delong (; born 4 July 1985) is a Chinese baseball player who was a member of Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an i ...
(贾德龙; born 1985), Chinese baseball player
* Jia Juntingxian (born 1986), Chinese Paralympic sprinter
* Jia Yuping (born 1986), Chinese cross-country skier
* Jia Tong (贾童; born 1991), Chinese diver
* Jia Zongyang (贾宗洋; born 1991), Chinese aerial skier
* Jia Tianzi
Jia Tianzi (; born 28 February 1994 in Chengdu) is a Chinese people, Chinese footballer who plays for Shanghai SIPG in the Chinese Super League.
Club career
In 2011, Jia started his senior football career with China League Two club Sichuan FC. H ...
(贾天子; born 1994), Chinese football midfielder
* Jia Yifan
Jia Yifan (; ; born 29 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player. She won gold medals at the 2017, 2021, 2022 World Championships, 2018 Asian Games and at the 2019 Asian Championships.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Women's doubles''
BWF ...
(贾一凡; born 1997), Chinese badminton player
Other
*Jia Lanpo
Jia Lanpo (; November 25, 1908 in Yutian, Hebei – July 8, 2001 in Beijing) was a Chinese palaeoanthropologist, considered a founder of Chinese anthropology.
He graduated from the Huiwen Academy in Beijing in 1929 and went on to work as a ...
(贾兰坡; 1908–2001), Chinese archaeologist
* Jia Pingwa
Jia Pingwa (; born 21 February 1952), better known by his penname Jia Pingwa (), is one of China's most popular authors of novels, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. His best-known novels include ''Ruined City'', which was banned by the ...
(贾平娃; born 1952), Chinese writer
* Jia Yueting
Jia Yueting (; born 15 December 1973, YT Jia) is a Chinese businessman who is the founder of Leshi Holding Group and the former CEO of Faraday Future. He previously founded LeEco and the Le.com subsidiary LeSports, and is the former chairman and ...
(贾跃亭; born 1973), Chinese businessman, founder of Le.com
* Jia Ling
Jia Ling (), whose full name is Jia Yuling, is a Chinese xiangsheng performer, comedian and actress who rose to fame after appearing at the 2010 Spring Festival Gala. She was born in Xiangyang, Hubei Province. She founded the company called Big ...
(贾玲; born 1982), Chinese ''xiangsheng'' performer
* Jia Jinglong (贾敬龙; 1986–2016), Chinese protester, executed for murder
* Jia Hongguang (born 1988), Chinese Paralympic swimmer
* Jia Junpeng
Jia Junpeng was an internet meme and catchphrase that became popular on the Internet in China in 2009.
Origins
A post in Chinese titled "Jia Junpeng, your mother is calling you home for dinner" (贾君鹏你妈妈喊你回家吃饭) appeared ...
(贾君鹏), Chinese man whose name became associated with a 2009 internet meme
* Jia Rongqing (贾荣庆; ), Chinese-born Canadian mathematician
* Jia Ruhan (贾茹涵), Chinese soprano
* Xiaohua Jia, Chinese electrical engineer
Fictional characters
Characters in ''Dream of the Red Chamber
''Dream of the Red Chamber'' (''Honglou Meng'') or ''The Story of the Stone'' (''Shitou Ji'') is a novel composed by Cao Xueqin in the middle of the 18th century. One of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, it is known fo ...
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* Jia Baoyu
Jia Baoyu (, and his surname is a homophone with "false" or "fictitious") is the principal character in the classic 18th century Chinese novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''.
Introduction
The first chapter describes how one piece of stone was l ...
(賈寶玉), principal character
* Jia Xichun
Jia Xichun ( zh, t=賈惜春, p=Jiǎ Xīchūn, rendered Compassion Spring in Chi-chen Wang's translation) is a primary character in the 18th century Chinese novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''. Her father is Jia Jing, a son of Jia Daihua. She is ...
(賈惜春), third cousin of Jia Baoyu
* Jia Tanchun
Jia Tanchun ( Chinese: 賈探春; Pinyin: Jiǎ Tànchūn, rendered Quest Spring in Chi-chen Wang's translation) is the younger half-sister of Jia Baoyu and a major character in the 18th century Chinese novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''. She is ...
(賈探春), half-sister of Jia Baoyu
* Jia Qiaojie (賈巧姐), daughter of Jia Lian
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