Meiling, also spelled Mei Ling, Mei-ling or May-ling, is a feminine
Chinese given name Chinese given names () are the given names adopted by speakers of the Chinese language, both in majority-Sinophone countries and among the Chinese diaspora.
Description
Chinese given names are almost always made up of one or - usually - two chara ...
. According to
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 northe ...
's 2010 census, it was the third most
popular name for women, with 27,914 having the name.
People
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Chen Mei-ling (born 1958), Republic of China politician
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Guo Meiling or Guo Meimei (born 1991), Chinese internet celebrity
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Hou Meiling or Melek Hu (born 1989), Chinese-born Turkish table tennis player
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Meiling Jin
Meiling Jin (born 1963) is a Guyanese author, radio broadcaster, playwright, and filmmaker who currently lives in London, England.
Biography
In 1963, Meiling Jin was born in Guyana to parents of Chinese ancestry. She has one sibling, a twin sis ...
(born 1956), Guyanese author
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Mei-Ling Lam (born 1984), ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for June 2011
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Meiling Melançon
Meiling Melançon (born March 3, 1980), also known as Mei Melançon ( ja, 明依), is an American actress, screenwriter and former fashion model. She has appeared in major feature films as well as indie productions, television shows, and more ...
(born 1980), American television and film actress
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Mayling Ng
Mayling Ng is a British actress based in the United States. She played Orana in ''Wonder Woman'', and Mongal in '' The Suicide Squad''.
Early life
Ng was born in the United Kingdom to a Singaporean-Chinese father and British mother. She spen ...
, actress
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Soong Mei-ling
Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling, ; March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang, was a Chinese political figure who was First Lady of the Republic of China, the wife of Generalissimo a ...
(1898–2003), wife of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek
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May Ling Su, pornographic actress
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Mei Ling Young, Malaysian social scientist
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Yung Mei Ling or Barbara Yung (1959–1985), Hong Kong television actress
* Mei-Ling Tse, the Chinese name for
Cynthia Tse Kimberlin
Cynthia Tse Kimberlin (born Cynthia Mei-Ling Tse in Ganado, Arizona, United States; Chinese name: 謝 美 玲; pinyin: Xiè Měilíng; Cantonese: Tse6 Mei5ling4) is an American ethnomusicologist. She is the executive director and publisher of ...
, American ethnomusicologist
Fictional characters
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Hong Meiling
This is a list of the characters that belong to the ''Touhou Project'', a series of ''danmaku'' and fighting video games by ZUN from Team Shanghai Alice. Most ''Touhou'' characters reside in a fictional realm called Gensokyo (, 'Land of Illusion ...
, a character from the game series ''
Touhou Project
The , also known simply as , is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by one-man independent Japanese ''doujin'' soft developer Team Shanghai Alice. Since 1995, the team's member, Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, has independently develope ...
''
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Mei ling Hwa Darling
''Dirty Sexy Money'' is an American prime time drama television series created by Craig Wright. It ran on ABC from September 26, 2007, to August 8, 2009. The series was produced by Berlanti Television and ABC Studios. Wright served as an ...
, a supporting character from the TV series ''
Dirty Sexy Money
''Dirty Sexy Money'' is an American prime time drama television series created by Craig Wright. It ran on ABC from September 26, 2007, to August 8, 2009. The series was produced by Berlanti Television and ABC Studios. Wright served as an ...
''
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Mei Ling, a character in the video game series ''
Metal Gear
is a series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX, MSX home computers. The player often takes control ...
''
* Mei-Ling, a twin sister character that had merged with
Hsien-Ko
(), known in Japan as , is a fictional character from the '' Darkstalkers'' fighting game franchise. She was introduced in '' Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'' in 1995. Her character is based on vampires of Chinese folklore known as ji� ...
in the ''Darkstalkers'' video game series
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Meiling Li
This article covers the major characters of Clamp's manga ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' and its respective anime and movies. The manga and anime focused on Japanese schoolgirl Sakura Kinomoto who finds the magical Clow Book in her father's basement study ...
, a supporting character from the ''
Cardcaptor Sakura
, abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' Nakayoshi'' from May 1996 to June 2000, it was also published in 12 ''tankōbon' ...
'' anime
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May-Ling Shen
This is a list of characters from the ''Highlander'' franchise.
Major characters
Major characters appear in more than one movie or series. Works are presented in chronological order.
Films ''Highlander'' (1986)
''Highlander II: The Quic ...
, a character from the ''
Highlander
Highlander may refer to:
Regional cultures
* Gorals (lit. ''Highlanders''), a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia
* Hill people, who live in hills and mountains
* Merina people, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar
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'' franchise
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Mei-Ling Zhou
Mei (; or in Taiwan), full name Dr. Mei-Ling Zhou (), is a fictional, playable character appearing in the 2016 video game '' Overwatch'', a team-based first-person shooter developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Outside of ''Overwatch'', Me ...
, known in-game as Mei, a character from the video game ''Overwatch''
* Mei Ling, a character from the 1973 film ''
Enter the Dragon
''Enter the Dragon'' ( zh, t=龍爭虎鬥) is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and written by Michael Allin. The film stars Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly. It was Lee's final completed film appearance before his deat ...
'', played by
Betty Chung
Betty Chung (born 1947) is a former Hong Kong recording artist and actress popular during the 1960s and 1970s. She sings in English and Mandarin.
Life and career
Betty Chung was born in Hong Kong. Her ancestral hometown is Chengdu (成都市) ...
* Chin Mei-ling, the main character in An Ocean Apart by Gillian Chan
References
See also
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Meilin (disambiguation) Meilin may refer to:
People
*Gada Meilin (1892–1931), or Gada Meiren, Inner Mongolian leader
*Han Meilin (born 1936), Chinese artist
*Ong Mei Lin, Malaysian swimmer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
*Shi Meilin (fl. 1970s), Chinese tai ...
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Meiling (disambiguation) Meiling or Mei Ling may refer to:
Industry
* Hefei Meiling, Chinese home appliance manufacturer
Places in China
* Meiling Mountains, the former name of the Dayu Mountains, a mountain range in China
* Meiling, Zhao'an County, a town in Zhao'an ...
, for locations and people using as surname
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Chinese feminine given names
Feminine given names