Zuo () is a
Chinese
Chinese may refer to:
* Something related to China
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**Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China.
**'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...
surname. It is the 187th name listed on the ''
Hundred Family Surnames
The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese language , Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book ...
'' poem.
People
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Zuo Zongtang
Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠, Xiang Chinese: ; Wade-Giles spelling: Tso Tsung-t'ang; November 10, 1812 – September 5, 1885), sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a Chinese statesman and army officer of the late Qing dynasty.
Born in Xian ...
(左宗棠) (1812–1885),
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...
Han Chinese
The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people, are an East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the list of contemporary ethnic groups, world's la ...
General, the inspiration for
General Tso's chicken
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Zuo Baogui
Zuo Baogui ( zh, 左宝贵, t=左寶貴; 1837, Shandong Province – 1894, Pyongyang) was a Chinese Hui Muslim general during the Qing Dynasty who fought in the First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 189417 April 1895) ...
(左寶貴) (1837–1894),
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...
Hui Chinese
The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in the Zhongyuan region. According to the 2 ...
General
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Zhang Zuo (pianist)
Zhang Zuo (; born 10 October 1988), also known professionally as Zee Zee, is a Chinese-American pianist. She, who has won first prize awards at the 1st International Piano Competition in China, the Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competi ...
(左章) (born 1989), Chinese-American pianist
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Zuo Xiaoqing
Zuo Xiaoqing (; born 25 June 1977) is a Chinese actress, TV presenter and former rhythmic gymnast.
She represented China at the 1992 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. In 1993, Zuo played a minor role in Jiang Wen's directorial debut ''In ...
(Chinese: 左小青; born 1977) Chinese actress, TV presenter and former rhythmic gymnast.
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Zuo Caiyun (born 1996), Chinese para-athlete
See also
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List of common Chinese surnames
These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the China, People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan), and the overseas Chinese, Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by govern ...
References
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Chinese-language surnames
Individual Chinese surnames