Jiāo (焦) is a

Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlik ...

s. Its Wade-Giles romanization and

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 a ...

pronunciation are Chiao.

Notable people

Jiao Yu Jiao Yu () was a Chinese military general, philosopher, and writer of the Yuan dynasty and early Ming dynasty under Zhu Yuanzhang, who founded the dynasty and became known as the Hongwu Emperor. He was entrusted by Zhu as a leading artillery ...

, military officer of

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

* Jiao Li, President of

China Central Television China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six lan ...

Leroy Chiao Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer, retired NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10, wher ...

, Chinese-American engineer, former

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...

astronaut *

Jiao Huafeng Jiao Huafeng (born 1981-09-24 in Shandong) is a male Chinese Greco-Roman wrestler who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Among his achievements, Huafeng's personal best was coming in 1st Place at the 2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natur ...

, Greco-Roman wrestler *

Jiao Fengbo Jiao Fengbo (Chinese:焦凤波) (born July 23, 1983 in Tianjin) is a Chinese former football player who played as a defender and currently general manager of China League One club Zhejiang Greentown. Club career Jiao Fengbo started his football ...

, footballer *

Jiao Shuai Jiao Shuai (焦帥, born 28 January 1984 in Zhengzhou, Henan) is a retired male Chinese volleyball player. He was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2006-2007 National League. He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in ...

, volleyball player *

Jiao Zhimin Jiao Zhimin ( Chinese: 焦志敏; born December 1, 1963) is a Chinese-born naturalised-Korean former table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in women's singles and a silver medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. She was a ...

, former table tennis player *

Jiao Juyin Jiao may refer to: *Horn (Chinese constellation), or Jiao (角宿), a Chinese constellation *Jiaolong, or Jiao (蛟), a Chinese dragon *Jiao (currency) (角), a unit of currency in China, one-tenth of a Chinese yuan or dollar *Jiao (surname) (� ...

, director, translator, and theater theorist *

Jiao Liuyang Jiao Liuyang (; born August 6, 1991 in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a female Chinese swimmer, who specializes in the 200-metre butterfly. Career She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished second in the 200 m butterfly in a time of 2:04 ...

, swimmer * Vincent Chiao, actor * Jiao Ting, a character in the ''

Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is ...

Notable people

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