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Chiao Lin
Chiao can refer to: * (properly ch'iao) Wade–Giles romanization of Qiao * (properly chiao) Wade–Giles romanization of Jiao People with the name * Chiao Chiao (born 1943), Taiwanese film actress * Leroy Chiao (born 1960), American chemical engineer and former NASA astronaut * Raymond Chiao Raymond Y. Chiao is an American physicist best known for his experimental work in quantum optics. He is currently an emeritus faculty member at the University of California, Merced physics department, where he is conducting research on gravitatio ... (born 1940), American physicist * Roy Chiao (1927–1999), British Hong Kong-era Chinese actor See also * * Joanne Tseng (born 1988), also known as Chih-chiao, Taiwanese actress and singer * Ciao (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qiao (other)
Qiao may refer to: * Qiao (surname), a common pronunciation for some Chinese surnames, such as 喬 and 橋. * Qiao (橋), Chinese character for "bridge". * Qiao (譙), a location in ancient China which corresponds to present-day Bozhou, Anhui. also an ancient Chinese surname. {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiao (other)
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) (焦), a Chinese surname *Jiao River (Shandong), in Shandong, China *Jiao River (Zhejiang), in Zhejiang, China *Jiao, a Chinese form of litter (vehicle) Mythology *Fubao, Lady Jiao, also known as Fubao {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiao Chiao
Lisa Chiao Chiao, often credited as Chiao Chiao (; born Chiao Li-na (焦莉娜); 6 March 1943), is a Taiwanese film actress best known for her work in Hong Kong cinema. Background Born in Chongqing, on 6 March 1943, Her family moved to Taiwan in 1949. She took up acting in 1961. In 1963, Chiao married Huang Tsung-hsing, the following year Huang left for Hong Kong to join the Shaw Brothers Studio while Chiao remained in Taiwan to continue acting. In 1966 Huang got into a car accident and Chiao moved to Hong Kong to look after him. There Chiao was invited to join the Shaw Brothers Studio, when she acted in the ''One-Armed Swordsman'' alongside Jimmy Wang Yu, which met with an unexpected success. She later appeared in films such as '' The Assassin'', ''Return of the One-Armed Swordsman'' and ''A Cause to Kill''. In 1972 she left the studio and briefly returned to Taiwan, where she made some television appearances. In 1976 while Huang was riding a motorbike in Taiwan, he got into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Chiao
Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer, retired NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker A motivational speaker is a speaker who makes speeches intended to motivate or inspire an audience. Such speakers may attempt to challenge or transform their audiences. The speech itself is popularly known as a pep talk. Motivational speakers ..., and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10, where he lived on board the International Space Station from October 13, 2004 to April 24, 2005. He is also a co-author and researcher for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. Early life Chiao was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised in Danville, California. His parents were originally from Republic of China (1912–1949), mainland China and met while studying at a university in Taiwan before immigrating to the U.S. Chiao graduated from Monte Vista High School (Danvil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Chiao
Raymond Y. Chiao is an American physicist best known for his experimental work in quantum optics. He is currently an emeritus faculty member at the University of California, Merced physics department, where he is conducting research on gravitational radiation. Biography Raymond Chiao was born in Hong Kong on October 9, 1940, and moved as a child to the United States in 1947. He grew up in New York City, where he attended Collegiate School. It was there that he first got interested in science through reading Gamow’s book '' One Two Three... Infinity''. He was admitted to Princeton University in 1957 as an electrical engineer, but then switched to the physics department, where he worked on a senior thesis project given to him by John Archibald Wheeler on the quantization of general relativity. He then switched from theoretical physics to experimental physics in graduate studies at MIT under the supervision of Charles Hard Townes, shortly after the experimental realization of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Chiao
Roy Chiao (16 March 1927 – 15 April 1999) was a Hong Kong actor, most notable in the United States for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom''. Biography Chiao was born in Shanghai in 1927. His father was a supporter of Sun Yat-sen and was part of the Chinese Revolution. During the Korean War, Chiao went to Taiwan. He joined the United States Army at some stage, and with him being fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, and English, he was a broadcaster and interpreter for the army. In 1955, he went to Japan and there he met actress Bai Guang who cast him in the 1956 film ''Xian mu dan''. Chiao married Liu Yen-Ping when he was in his twenties. She was a disc-jockey. Both he and his wife were Christians. Chiao had been a devout Christian since his early twenties. In 1964 he and his wife immigrated to Seattle. In his later years he became involved in missionary work. He was the founder of "Artists' Home," a Christian F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Tseng
Joanne Tseng Chih-chiao (; born 17 November 1988) is a Taiwanese actress, singer and television host. Early life Tseng was born on 17 November 1988 in Jianshi, Hsinchu, Taiwan. She has an older sister, Chih-ying (曾之萦). Both of her parents are teachers. Her family is part of the Atayal indigenous Taiwanese tribe. Tseng graduated from the National Taiwan University of Arts with a Drama & Theater degree. She plays the piano, flute, and violin. Personal life She announced her marriage to Taiwanese singer Calvin Chen on 23 January 2020, via Instagram. She has been in a relationship with Chen for 10 years. Career In 2002, Tseng, along with Esther Liu, formed a Mandopop duo called Sweety Sweety was a Taiwanese musical duo formed by Esther Liu (; colloquially known as Yan Yan (言言) ; born August 8, 1988) and Joanne Tseng Joanne Tseng Chih-chiao (; born 17 November 1988) is a Taiwanese actress, singer and television hos ..., and they debuted in 2003. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
