Dai (surname)

Dai (戴)

Romanization| Mandarin: Dai, Tai
Pronunciation| Dài (Mandarin)
Language(s)| Chinese

Dai is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written with the Chinese character 戴. It is romanized as Tai in Wade-Giles and in Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation. Dai is the 96th most common surname in China, according to a report on the household registrations released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007.[1]

## Meanings of the character

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* Apply items to the person's head, face, neck, hand, etc.
* Respect, esteem, or support.[2]

## Notable people

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### Business

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* Dai Chunning (戴春宁, born 1962), Chinese finance businessman
* Dai Min (戴敏, born 1958), Chinese water treatment businesswoman
* Weili Dai (戴伟立), Chinese-born American technology businesswoman
* Andrew Tai (戴浩原), Canadian-Chinese businessman, Founder & CEO of Unhaggle and Motoinsight

### Academia and literature

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* Dai Yi (戴逸, 1926–2024), Chinese historian
* Dai Qing (戴晴, born 1941), Chinese journalist
* Dai Sijie (戴思杰, born 1954), Chinese-born French author and filmmaker
* Dai Jinhua (戴锦华, born 1959), Chinese feminist cultural critic
* Dai Xu (戴旭, born 1964), Chinese author, social commentator, and the president of Marine Institute For Security And Cooperation
* Hongjie Dai (戴宏杰, born 1966), Chinese-born American chemist

### Entertainment

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* Aaron Dai (戴海清, born 1967), American composer and pianist
* Leon Dai (戴立忍, born 1966), Taiwanese actor and film director
* Penny Tai (戴佩妮, born 1978), Malaysian Mandopop singer
* Dai Jiaoqian (戴娇倩, born 1982), Chinese actress
* Dantes Dailiang (戴亮, born 1978), French Mandopop singer

### Politics and government

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* Dai Jitao (戴季陶, 1891–1949), journalist and Kuomintang leader
* Dai Li (also Tai Li; 戴笠, 1897–1946), Republic of China spy chief
* Dai Bingguo (戴秉国, born 1941), Chinese politician and diplomat
* Dai Xianglong (戴相龙, born 1944), Chinese politician, former governor of the People's Bank of China
* Tai Chin-wah (戴展華, born 1952), Hong Kong former politician and lawyer
* Benny Tai (戴耀廷, One of the founders of the Occupy Central
* Dai Weimin (戴维民, born 1962), People's Liberation Army general
* Day Guey-ing (戴桂英), Deputy Minister of Department of Health of the Republic of China (2012–2013)
* Irving H.C. Tai (戴豪君), Taiwan politician, former Deputy Commissioner of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
* Tai Cheuk-yin (戴卓賢), Hong Kong politician, former chairman of the 123 Democratic Alliance
* Katherine Tai (戴琪, born 1974), United States Trade Representative, March 18 2021-present

### Sport

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* Tai Chao-chih (戴兆智, born 1930), Taiwanese sport shooter
* Dai Guohong (戴国红, born 1977), Chinese swimmer
* Dai Yun (戴韫, born 1977), retired Chinese female badminton player
* Dai Xianrong (戴宪荣, born 1982), China League One footballer
* Dai Lili (戴丽丽, born 1986), Chinese table tennis player
* Dai Lin (戴琳, born 1987), Chinese Super League footballer
* Tai Hung-hsu (戴宏旭, born 1987), Taiwanese football striker
* Dai Xiaoxiang (戴小祥, born 1990), Chinese archer
* Dai Jun (swimmer) (戴骏, born 1992), Chinese swimmer
* Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎, born 1992), Taiwanese badminton player
* Olivia Tai Qing Tong (戴辛彤, born c. 1998), Malaysian rhythmic gymnast

### Other

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* Wei Dai (戴维), creator of the Bitcoin predecessor "b-money" and developer of the Crypto++ library[citation needed]

## See also

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* Yūki Tai, of unrelated Japanese surname Tai

## References

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1. ^ "公安部统计：'王'成中国第一大姓 有9288万人 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine [Public Security Bureau Statistics: 'Wang' Found China's #1 'Big Family', Includes 92.88m People]." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012.(in Chinese)
2. ^ 汉典：戴的解释

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100 most common family names in mainland China (2020)

1–25|

* Wáng 王
* Lǐ 李
* Zhāng 张/張
* Liú 刘/劉
* Chén 陈/陳
* Yáng 杨/杨
* Huáng 黄/黃
* Zhào 赵
* Wú 吴/吳
* Zhōu 周
* Xú 徐
* Sūn 孙/孫
* Mǎ 马/馬
* Zhū 朱
* Hú 胡
* Guō 郭
* Hé 何
* Lín 林
* Luó 罗/羅
* Gāo 高
* Zhèng 郑/鄭
* Liáng 梁
* Xiè 谢/謝
* Sòng 宋
* Táng 唐

26–50|

* Xǔ 许/許
* Hán 韩/韓
* Dèng 邓/鄧
* Féng 冯/馮
* Cáo 曹
* Péng 彭
* Zēng 曾
* Xiāo 萧/蕭
* Tián 田
* Dǒng 董
* Pān 潘
* Yuán 袁
* Cài 蔡
* Jiǎng 蒋/蔣
* Yú 余
* Yú 于
* Dù 杜
* Yè 叶/葉
* Chéng 程
* Wèi 魏
* Sū 苏/蘇
* Lǚ 吕/呂
* Dīng 丁
* Rén 任
* Lú 卢/盧

51–75|

* Yáo 姚
* Shěn 沈/沉
* Zhōng 钟/鍾
* Jiāng 姜
* Cuī 崔
* Tán 谭/譚
* Lù 陆/陸
* Fàn 范
* Wāng 汪
* Liào 廖
* Shí 石
* Jīn 金
* Wéi 韦/韋
* Jiǎ 贾/賈
* Xià 夏
* Fù 傅
* Fāng 方
* Zōu 邹/鄒
* Xióng 熊
* Bái 白
* Mèng 孟
* Qín 秦
* Qiū 邱
* Hóu 侯
* Jiāng 江

76–100|

* Yǐn 尹
* Xuē 薛
* Yán 阎/閻
* Duàn 段
* Léi 雷
* Lóng 龙/龍
* Lí 黎
* Shǐ 史
* Táo 陶
* Hè 贺/賀
* Máo 毛
* Hǎo 郝
* Gù 顾/顧
* Gōng 龚/龔
* Shào 邵
* Wàn 万/萬
* Qín 覃
* Wǔ 武
* Qián 钱/錢
* Dài 戴
* Yán 严/嚴
* Mò 莫
* Kǒng 孔
* Xiàng 向
* Cháng 常

Related|

* Hundred Family Surnames
* List of common Chinese surnames
* 101–200 Most Common Family Names in mainland China

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