Jiang can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames: Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard... A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: 姓; pinyin: or clan name 氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among ethnic Chinese in overseas Chinese communities. ...

1. 江, Jiāng
2. 蔣 (traditional) or 蒋 (simplified), Jiǎng
3. 姜, Jiāng

Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ...

Famous people surnamed 江:

• Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Zedong
• Jiang Zemin, PRC leader
• March Fong Eu (江月桂), first Asian American woman elected to state constitutional office in US

Jiang Qing (Chinese: 江青; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang Ching) (1914 – May 14, 1991) stage name Lan Ping, the third wife of Mao Zedong, was a Chinese political leader most famous for forming the Gang of Four. ... â–¶(?) (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976; Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles) was the chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death. ... Jiāng Zémín (born August 17, 1926) was the core of the third generation of Communist Party of China leaders, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the Peoples Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and... In the technical terminology of political science the PRC was a communist state for much of the 20th century, and is still considered a communist state by many, though not all political scientists. ... March Fong Eu March Fong Eu (江月桂, pinyin: Jiāng Yuègùi) (born 1922 in Oakdale, California) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ...

Famous people surnamed 蔣/蒋:

• Chiang Kai-shek, Kuomintang leader
• Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China
• Jiang Bingzhi, author better known as Ding Ling
• Jiang Tingxi, painter
• Jiang Yanyong, Chinese physician

Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887–April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. ... The flag of the Kuomintang, consists of a twelve ray sun (originating from the twelve traditional Chinese hours of the day) to symbolize the spirit of progress. ... Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) Chiang Ching-kuo (Chinese: 蔣經國; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang Ching-kuo) (April 271, 1910 - January 13, 1988), Kuomintang politician and leader, was the son of Chiang Kai-shek and held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China (from 1949... The Office of the President of the Republic of China is located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City. ... DÄ«ng Líng (丁玲) was the pseudonym of JiÇŽng BÄ«ngzhÄ« (蒋冰之), also known as BÄ«n Zhǐ (彬芷) (October 12, 1904 - March 4, 1986), a contemporary Chinese author from Linli (临澧), Hunan province. ... Eleven Pigeons painting by Jiang Tingxi Jiang Tingxi (蔣廷錫) (1669-1732) was a chinese painter, and an editor of the encyclopedia Gujin tushu jicheng (Complete Collection of Ancient and Modern Writings and Charts). ... Jiang Yanyong Jiang Yanyong (Traditional Chinese: 蔣彥永, Simplified Chinese: 蒋彦永, Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎng Yànyǒng, Wade-Giles: Chiang Yen-yung) (born 4 October 1931) is a Chinese physician from Beijing who publicized a coverup of the SARS epidemic in China. ... Physician examining a child The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ...

Famous people surnamed 姜:

• Jiang Ziya, Zhou dynasty
• Jiang Kui, composer
• Jiang Wei, a general of Kingdom of Shu during the period of Three Kingdoms
• Jiang Boshen, famous Chinese Scholar