Cài () is a Chinese-language surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state. In 2019 it was the 38th most common surname in China, but the 9th most common in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

(as of 2018), where it is usually romanized as "Tsai" (based on Wade-Giles romanization of

Standard Mandarin Standard Chinese ( zh, s=现代标准汉语, t=現代標準漢語, p=Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, l=modern standard Han speech) is a modern Standard language, standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the Republic of ...

), "Tsay", or "Chai" and the 8th most common in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

, where it is usually romanized as "Chua", which is based on its Teochew and

Hokkien Hokkien ( , ) is a Varieties of Chinese, variety of the Southern Min group of Chinese language, Chinese languages. Native to and originating from the Minnan region in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern China, it is also referred ...

pronunciation. Koreans use Chinese-derived family names and in Korean, Cai is 채 in

Hangul The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...

, "

Chae Chae (), also less commonly spelled Chai or Chea, is a Korean family name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Overview The 2000 South Korean Census found 119,251 people with the family name Chae. It could be written with an ...

" in

Revised Romanization Revised Romanization of Korean () is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. It was developed by the National Academy of the Korean Language from 1995 and was released to the public on 7 July 2000 by South Korea's Mi ...

, It is also a common name in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

where it is romanized as "Choy", "Choi" or "Tsoi". In

Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...

, it is spelled as "Choi". In

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

, it is romanized as "Choi" from the Cantonese pronunciation, and "Chua" or "Chuah" from the Hokkien or Teochew pronunciation. It is romanized in the Philippines as "Chua" or "Chuah", and in Thailand as "Chuo" (ฉั่ว). Moreover, it is also romanized in Cambodia as either "Chhay" or "Chhor" among people of full Chinese descent living in Cambodia and as "Tjhai", "Tjoa" or "Chua" in Indonesia.

History

The Cais are said to be the descendants of the 5th son of

King Wen of Zhou King Wen of Zhou ( zh, c=周文王, p=Zhōu Wén Wáng; 1152–1050 BC, the Cultured King) was the posthumous title given to Ji Chang ( zh, c=姬昌), the patriarch of the Zhou state during the final years of Shang dynasty in ancient China. J ...

Ji Du Cai Shu Du or Shu Du of Cai ( zh, c=, l=Du, oyalUncle of Cai), given name Du (), was the first ruler of the State of Cai. Du was the fifth son of King Wen of Zhou and his wife Taisi (). He had ten brothers and eight half-brothers. His elder ...

. Ji Du was awarded the title of

marquis A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or wido ...

('' hóu'') of the State of Cai (centered on what is now

Shangcai Shangcai County () is a county in the south of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhumadian. In 2016 over 100 people were charged for a phone scam involving impersonating military personnel, with ...

Zhumadian Zhumadian ( zh, s= , t= , p=Zhùmǎdiàn; Postal romanization, postal: Chumatien) is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan province of China, province, China. It borders Xinyang to the south, Nanyang, Henan, Nanyang to the west, Pingdingshan to ...

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

), circa 1046 BCE, and he was known as Cai Shu Du ("Uncle Du of Cai"). Together with Guan Shu and Huo Shu, they were known as the

Three Guards The Rebellion of the Three Guards (), or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion (), was a civil war, instigated by an alliance of discontent Zhou princes, Shang loyalists, vassal states and other non-Zhou peoples against the Western Zhou governmen ...

. When King Wu died, his son King Cheng was too young and his uncle, the

Duke of Zhou Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou, commonly known as the Duke of Zhou, was a member of the royal family of the early Zhou dynasty who played a major role in consolidating the kingdom established by his elder brother King Wu. He was renowned for acting as ...

, became

regent In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been dete ...

. Seeing that the power of the Duke of Zhou was increasing, the Three Guards got jealous and rebelled against Zhou together with

Wu Geng Wu Geng or Wugeng (Chinese language, Chinese: ''Wǔgēng''), a.k.a. ''Lùfù'', was an ancient Chinese people, Chinese Chinese nobility, noble who was the son of King Zhou of Shang, King Zhou, the last chinese king, king of the Shang dynasty, Shan ...

. The Duke of Zhou suppressed the rebellion, and Cai Shu was exiled. King Cheng reestablished Cai Shu's son Wu or Hu as the new Duke of Cai. Some 600 years later in the

Warring States period The Warring States period in history of China, Chinese history (221 BC) comprises the final two and a half centuries of the Zhou dynasty (256 BC), which were characterized by frequent warfare, bureaucratic and military reforms, and ...

, the

State of Chu Chu (, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was an Ancient Chinese states, ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BC. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou heartland and lasted ...

conquered Cai in 447 BC and was itself conquered by the Qin state which, in turn, formed the

Qin Empire The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng engaged in a series ...

, China's first empire. With the spread of family names to all

social classes A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class and the capitalist class. Membership of a social class can for example be dependent on education, ...

in the new empire, many people of the former state of Cai began to bear it as a surname. The Cai descendants have undertaken the following two major migrations. During the Huang Chao Rebellion ( AD 875) at the end of the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

(AD 618–907), the Cai clan migrated to

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

and

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

provinces. Another later migration occurred when

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

loyalist

Koxinga Zheng Chenggong (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), born Zheng Sen () and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga (, from Taiwanese: ''kok sèⁿ iâ''), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of Chin ...

moved military officials surnamed Cai and their families to

in the 17th century. As a result, the surname is far more common in these areas and in areas settled by their descendants (e.g.,

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

) than in other parts of China.

Transliteration and romanization

Chinese

Cai is written the same (蔡) in both simplified and

traditional A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examp ...

Chinese character Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Of the four independently invented writing systems accepted by scholars, they represent the only on ...

s. In

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin ( ; zh, s=, t=, p=Guānhuà, l=Mandarin (bureaucrat), officials' speech) is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area that stretch ...

, the surname is

transliterated Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one writing system, script to another that involves swapping Letter (alphabet), letters (thus ''wikt:trans-#Prefix, trans-'' + ''wikt:littera#Latin, liter-'') in predictable ways, such as ...

as Cài in

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...

and

Tongyong Pinyin Tongyong Pinyin was the official romanization of Taiwanese Mandarin, Mandarin in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, when a new romanization system for Taiwan was being evaluated for adoption. ...

, Ts'ai in Wade-Giles, and Tsay in

Gwoyeu Romatzyh Gwoyeu Romatzyh ( ; GR) is a system for writing Standard Chinese using the Latin alphabet. It was primarily conceived by Yuen Ren Chao (1892–1982), who led a group of linguists on the National Languages Committee in refining the system betwe ...

. In

Southern Min Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Chinese languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwa ...

or Taiwanese, it is Chhoà in Pe̍h-oē-jī. In

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

(

and

), it is Coi3 in

Jyutping The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme, also known as Jyutping, is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed in 1993 by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK). The name ''Jyutping'' (itself the Jyutping ro ...

and Choi in

Yale Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges ch ...

. (This should not be confused with the predominantly Korean family name Choi which has a different character ��. In

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

it is Tshai in

Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Pha̍k-fa-sṳ () is an orthography similar to Pe̍h-ōe-jī and used to write Hakka, a variety of Chinese. Hakka is a whole branch of Chinese, and Hakka dialects are not necessarily mutually intelligible with each other, considering the large geo ...

. (In

Tongyong pinyin Tongyong Pinyin was the official romanization of Taiwanese Mandarin, Mandarin in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, when a new romanization system for Taiwan was being evaluated for adoption. ...

, it is Cai in Siyen Hakka and Ca̱i in Hoiliuk Hakka.) In

Fuzhou dialect The Fuzhou language ( zh, t=福州話, s=福州话, p=Fúzhōuhuà; FR: ), also Foochow, Hokchew, Hok-chiu, or Fuzhounese, is the prestige variety of the Eastern Min branch of Min Chinese spoken mainly in the Mindong region of Eastern Fujian ...

, it is Chái (in

Bàng-uâ-cê Bàng-uâ-cê ( abbr. BUC; zh, t=平話字) or Fuzhou romanization (), is a Latin alphabet for the Fuzhou dialect of Eastern Min adopted in the middle of the 19th century by Western missionaries. It had varied at different times, and became st ...

Other languages

Koreans use Chinese-derived family names and in Korean, Cai is 채 in

, and Ch'ae in McCune-Reischauer. Vietnamese also use Chinese-derived family names. In Vietnamese, the name is Thái. The Chinese name 蔡 is usually transliterated via Sino-Vietnamese as Thái but sometimes as Sái. Japanese do not use Chinese family names but for Chinese in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

who carry the name, it is さい in

Hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

and Sai in the major romanization systems.

Romanization

Cai is

romanized In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription, ...

as Cai in the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, Tsai (or occasionally Tsay or Chai for Mandarin) or Tsoa in the

Republic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

, and Choi or Choy in

and

. In

, and

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

, the most common forms are Chua or Chuah for Teochew and

speakers, Chai for

speakers, Choi or Tsoi for

speakers, and Toy or Toi for

Taishanese Taishanese (), alternatively romanized in Cantonese as Toishanese or Toisanese, in local dialect as Hoisanese or Hoisanwa, is a Yue Chinese language native to Taishan, Guangdong. Even though they are related, Taishanese has little mutual i ...

speakers. In

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

, it is usually romanized as Tjoa/Tjhoa/Tjoea/Tjhoea (Hokkien & Teochew), Tjhoi (Cantonese) or Tjhai (Hakka) with Dutch spelling, or Tjua/Tjhua (Hokkien & Teochew) with old Indonesian spelling, or Chua (Hokkien & Teochew), Choy/Choi (Cantonese) or Chai (Hakka) with current Indonesian spelling. In the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

, it is Chua or Cua ( or ). Chua is pronounced in other Anglophone countries outside the Philippines. Other variations include Chye and Coi.

Derivative names

In addition, some of the Chuas (Cais) who resided in the Philippines adopted Spanish names to avoid persecution by the Spanish rulers during the Philippines' Spanish colonial rule from the early 16th to late 19th century.

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forms of the name include Chuachiaco, Chuakay, Chuapoco, Chuaquico, Chuacuco, Tuazon, Chuateco, and Chuatoco.Hector Santos
Katálogo ng mga Apelyidong Pilipino (Catalog of Filipino Names).
These names were formed from the surname, one character of the given name, and the suffix "-co", a Minnan honorific ''ko'' (哥), literally meaning "older brother". In Thailand, most Thais of Chinese descendance use Thai surnames. Legislation by Siamese King Rama VI (r. 1910–1925) required the adoption of Thai surnames which was largely directed at easing tensions with Chinese community by encouraging assimilation. Thai law did not (and does not) allow identical surnames to those already in existence, so ethnic Chinese formerly surnamed Chua incorporating words that sound like "Chua" and have good meaning (such as ''Chai'', meaning "victory") into much longer surnames. After

Suharto Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian Officer (armed forces), military officer and politician, and dictator, who was the second and longest serving president of Indonesia, serving from 1967 to 1998. His 32 years rule, cha ...

came to power, his regime created many anti-Chinese legislations in Indonesia. One of them was 127/U/Kep/12/1966 which strongly encouraged ethnic Chinese living in Indonesia to adopt Indonesian-sounding names instead of the standard three-word or two-word Chinese names. Many Indonesianized names are Chinese surname syllables with western or Indonesian prefix or suffix – resulting in many exotic-sounding names. Although two Chinese individuals shared the same Chinese surname, they may employ different strategies for the Indonesian-sounding names. For example, Indonesianized forms of Cai include Tjuatja, Cuaca, Tjuandi, Cuandi, Tjahjana, Tjahja, etc. Despite the Indonesianization, the Chinese surnames are still used today by the Chinese-Indonesian diaspora overseas (mostly in the Netherlands, Germany, and USA); by those Chinese-Indonesians courageous enough during Suharto's regime to keep their Chinese names (e.g., Kwik Kian Gie), or by those who couldn't afford to process the name change through Indonesia's civil bureaucracy. After Suharto resigned from the presidency, subsequent governments revoked the ban on the ethnic Chinese from speaking and learning Chinese in public. Using the original Chinese surnames is no longer a taboo but only a small minority have decided to re-adopt the original Chinese surnames of their grandparents or to use the Mandarin Chinese

romanization, pronunciation and spelling and most retain their changed names as the post-1965 generations have been culturally Indonesianized.

Notable people

* Cai Bingchen, Chinese para-athlete * Cai Cheng, Chinese politician * Cai Chusheng, early Chinese film director *

Cai E Cai E (; 18 December 1882 – 8 November 1916) was a Chinese revolutionary leader and general. He was born Cai Genyin () in Shaoyang, Hunan, and his courtesy name was Songpo (). Cai eventually became an influential warlord in Yunnan ( Yunn ...

, Chinese revolutionary and warlord in early 20th century * Cai Feihu, Chinese professor, engineer and businessman * Cai Gongshi, Chinese emissary killed by Japanese soldiers during the Jinan Incident * Cai Guo-Qiang, Chinese contemporary artist and curator. * Cai Hesen, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party and a friend and comrade of Mao Zedong *

Cai Jing Cai Jing (1047–1126), courtesy name Yuanchang (), was a Chinese calligrapher and politician who lived during the late Northern Song dynasty of China. He is also fictionalised as one of the primary antagonists in '' Water Margin'', one of t ...

, Song dynasty official and a character in the Chinese literature classic the ''Water Margin'' * Lady Cai, wife of Han dynasty provincial governor Liu Biao *

Cai Lun Cai Lun ( zh, s=蔡伦; courtesy name: Jingzhong ( zh, labels=no, t=敬仲, s=敬仲); – 121 CE), formerly romanization of Chinese, romanized as Ts'ai Lun, was a Eunuchs in China, Chinese eunuch court official of the Eastern Han dynasty. H ...

, inventor of paper in the Han dynasty * Cai Mao, man of the gentry who served under Han dynasty provincial governor Liu Biao, cousin of Cai He and Cai Zhong * Cai Pei, diplomat and politician in the Republic of China * Cai Qi, Chinese politician * Cai Qian, Chinese pirate in the Qing dynasty * Cai Shangjun, Chinese film director and screenwriter * Cai Shu, Chinese high jumper *

Cai Tingkai Cai Tingkai (; 1892–1968) was a Chinese general. Cai was in overall command of the 19th Route Army of the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army and other Chinese forces responsible for holding off the Imperial Japanese Army during ...

, Chinese general during the Republican era * Cai Wenji, Han dynasty poet and composer also known as Cai Yan, daughter of scholar Cai Yong * Cai Xiang, calligrapher, scholar, official and poet during the Song dynasty also known as Cai Zhonghui * Cai Xitao, Chinese botanist * Cai Xukun, Chinese actor, singer and song composer, former leader and center of Chinese boy group Nine Percent * Cai Xuzhe, Chinese astronaut * Cai Yong, Han dynasty scholar and father of Cai Wenji * Cai Yuanpei, chancellor of Peking University and first president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (''Academic Sinica'') *

Cai Yun Cai Yun (born 19 January 1980) is a former professional badminton player representing China. He is the 2012 London Olympic gold medallist and a four-time World Champion in men's doubles. He is regarded as one of the greatest men's doubles play ...

, Chinese badminton player * Cai Zhuohua, Chinese Christian preacher * Chae Je-gong, Joseon dynasty scholar, writer, politician *

Chae Myung-shin Chae Myung-shin (; 27 November 1926 – 25 November 2013) was a Republic of Korea Army, South Korean army officer who commanded military history of South Korea during the Vietnam War, South Korean military forces in the Vietnam War. He was also ...

, a South Korean army officer * Chae Su-chan, South Korean politician and scholar * Chai Trong-rong or Trong Chai, Taiwanese politician * Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress *

Charlene Choi Charlene Choi Tsoek-jin ( zh, link=no, t=蔡卓妍; born 22 November 1982) is a Hong Kong and Canadian actress and singer. She is a member of Hong Kong pop duo Twins (group), Twins, along with Gillian Chung. Early life Choi was born in Vancouv ...

, Hong Kong singer, member of the Twins duo * Christine Choi,

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* Choi Chi-sum, Hong Kong evangelist * Choi Kwok-wai, Hong Kong actor * Fátima Choi, Macanese government minister * Sandra Choi, English creative director and designer for shoemaker Jimmy Choo Ltd * Sisley Choi, Hong Kong actress * Richard Tsoi, Hong Kong activist and politician * Vin Choi, Hong Kong actor * Choi York Yee, Hong Kong footballer and sports commentator * Anna Choy, Australian actress, TV presenter, and Australia Day Ambassador * Elizabeth Choy, North Borneo-born Singaporean World War II heroine * Choy So-yuk, Hong Kong politician * Choy Weng Yang, Singaporean artist * Alfrancis Chua, Filipino basketball coach * Amy Chua, American academic and author of Filipino Chinese descent * Brent Chua, Filipino model * Dexmon Chua, Singaporean murder victim * Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean artist * Chua En Lai (born 1979), Singaporean actor *

Joi Chua Joi Chua (born 3 August 1978) is a Singaporean singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. She is known for the hits "Waiting for a Sunny Day" (等一个晴天), "One Day I Will" (有一天我會), and "Watching the Sunrise With Me" (陪我� ...

(Joi Tsai), Singaporean singer * Jonathan Chua (Jon Chua JX / Jonny X), Singaporean musician & entrepreneur * Dino Reyes Chua, Filipino politician and the current mayor of Noveleta,

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* Chua Jui Meng (born 1943), Malaysian health minister and prominent politician * Chua Lam, Singaporean-born Hong Kong columnist and movie producer * Chua Leong Aik, Singaporean murder accomplice * Leon O. Chua, American professor and inventor of Chua's circuit * Simon Chua Ling Fung, bodybuilder from Singapore * Mark Welson Chua, Filipino murder victim * Paige Chua (born 1981), Singaporean model and actress * Chua Phung Kim, Singaporean weightlifter * Robert Chua, Singapore-born Asian television executive * Chua Ser Lien, Singaporean kidnapper * Chua Sock Koong, Singaporean telecom executive * Chua Soi Lek, Malaysian health minister and prominent politician, former Member of Parliament for Labis * Chua Soon Bui, Malaysian politician * Tanya Chua, Singaporean singer * Chua Tee Yong, Malaysian politician, former Member of Parliament for Labis * Chua Tian Chang, or Tian Chua, Malaysian politician, former Member of Parliament for Batu * Chua Wei Kiat, Malaysian politician, Member of Selangor State Assembly for Rawang and State Chairman for AMK's Selangor Chief * Xiao Chua, Filipino historian * Chen-Nee Chuah, American computer scientist * Tricia Chuah, Malaysian squash player * Chuah Eng Cheng (c. 1921–?), Malaysian field hockey player * Chuah Guat Eng (born 1943), Malaysian novelist * Chuah Hean Teik (born 1961), Malaysian engineer * Chuah Thean Teng (1914–2008), Malaysian artist * Mooi Choo Chuah, American engineer * Hirokazu Nakaima, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture; Nakaima is descended from a Chinese family with the surname of Cai, one of the 36 Han Chinese

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families who moved to Okinawa in 1392.仲井真弘多後援會
* Sai On, scholar-bureaucrat official of the Ryūkyū Kingdom * Sai Taku, scholar-bureaucrat official of the Ryūkyū Kingdom * David Thai, Vietnamese-American gangster * Minh Thai, Vietnamese-American speedcuber * Thái Phiên, Vietnamese scholar and revolutionary * Thái Quang Hoàng, lieutenant general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam * Thái Thanh, Vietnamese-American singer * Thái Văn Dung, Vietnamese Catholic activist * Vico Thai, Vietnamese-Australian actor * Tjoa Ing Hwie or Tjoa Jien Hwie, the birth name of Surya Wonowidjojo, founder of Gudang Garam * Marga Tjoa, real name of Indonesian writer Marga T * Tjoa To Hing, birth name of Indonesian businessman Rachman Halim * Alex Tsai, Taiwanese politician * Tsai Chia-Hsin, Taiwanese badminton player * Tsai Chih-chieh, Taiwanese footballer (soccer player) * Tsai Chih-Ling, American business professor and author * Tsai Chih Chung, Taiwanese cartoonist * Tsai Chin, Taiwanese popular music singer * Tsai, Emilio Estevez, Canadian soccer player * Tsai Horng Chung, Chinese-Sarawakan painter * Tsai Hsien-tang, Taiwanese footballer * Tsai Hui-kai, Taiwanese footballer (soccer player) *

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, president and former vice premier of Taiwan * Tsai Li-huei, Taiwanese born American neuroscientist * Tsai Ying-wen, Taiwanese Political scientist * Jeanne Tsai, American academic *

Jolin Tsai Jolin Tsai I-lin ( zh, c=蔡依林, p=Cài Yīlín; born September 15, 1980), also romanized as Jolin Cai, is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress. Recognized as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of C-Pop ...

, Taiwanese pop singer * Joseph Tsai, Canadian businessman, lawyer and philanthropist * Kevin Tsai, Taiwanese writer and television host * Lauren Tsai, American illustrator, model, and actress * Tsai Min-you, real name of a Taiwanese singer Evan Yo * Ming Tsai, American chef and host of television cooking shows * Tsai Mi-ching, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of China * Tsai Ming-Hung, Taiwanese baseball player *

Tsai Ming-liang Tsai Ming-liang (; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of T ...

, Taiwanese movie director * Tsai Ping-kun, Deputy Mayor of

Taipei , nickname = The City of Azaleas , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Taiwan#Asia#Pacific Ocean#Earth , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country ...

* Tsai Sen-tien, Vice Minister of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China (2016–2017) * Tsai Shengbai, Chinese industrialist * , American engineer * , Taiwanese politician and founder of Cathay Life Insurance Company; brother of Tsai Wan-lin and Tsai Wan-tsai ''(qq.v.)'' and father of Tsai Chen-chou and Tsai Chen-nan (businessman) *

Tsai Wan-lin Tsai Wan-lin ( zh, c=蔡萬霖, p=Caì Wànlín; 10 November 1924 – 27 September 2004) was a Taiwanese businessman who, at the peak of his wealth in 1996, was considered to be the fifth richest person in the world, with a family net worth o ...

, Taiwanese billionaire and founder of Cathay Life Insurance Company; brother of Tsai Wan-chin and Tsai Wan-tsai ''(qq.v.)'' and father of Tsai Hong-tu and T. Y. Tsai * Tsai Wan-tsai, Taiwanese billionaire, member of the Legislative Yuan and founder of Fubon Group; brother of Tsai Wan-chin and Tsai Wan-lin ''(qq.v.)'' and father of Daniel Tsai and Richard Tsai * Will Tsai, Canadian magician * Tsai Yi-chen, Taiwanese actress * Yu Tsai, American photographer * Zikos Chua, Singaporean-Greek professional footballer * Peter Tsai, Taiwanese-American inventor and scientist

References

External links

Chua Clan Chiyang Association, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
(馬來西亞柔佛麻坡蔡氏濟陽公所) website {{surname, Cai Cai (state) Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames