"Lau" may refer to:

• The Cantonese pronunciation of a Chinese family name - see Liu
• Lau, Nigeria, a local government area in Taraba State.

Lau is a Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several Chinese characters, the family names 劉; (刘 in Simplified Chinese) (Liu in Mandarin), 柳, 留 and 六. In Vietnamese, the name can either take the form "Liễu" (in northern regions) or "Lưu" (in central or southern regions). Liu is a Chinese family name. ... Taraba is a state of Nigeria, named after the Taraba River which traverses the southern part of the state. ... A Chinese surname, also called a clan name or family name (姓, pinyin: x ng; or 氏, shi), is one of the over seven hundred family names used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups. ... Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one system of writing into another. ... Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Liu is a Chinese family name. ... Mandarin   listen?(Traditional: 北方話, Simplified: 北方话, Hanyu Pinyin: BÄ›ifānghuà, lit. ...

In Cantonese transliteration, Liu is yet another name, 廖.

劉 is an extremely popular name, as it was used by the ruling family of the Han Dynasty - a high point in the history of China. Han commanderies and kingdoms AD 2. ...

Prominent people with family name 劉

• The Liu royals of the following dynasties:
  • the Han Dynasty,
  • the Shu Kingdom in the Period of the Three Kingdoms,
  • the Hunnish Han Zhao and the Tiefu Xia kingdoms in the Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms,
  • the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties,
  • the Later Han Dynasty and the Northern Han Kingdom and the Southern Han Kingdom of the Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms.
• Liu Huaqing, PRC politician
• Liu Hui, mathematician
• Liu Shaoqi, PRC politician
• Liu Wenjing, one of the advisors of Tang Gaozu
• Liu Bei, founder of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period
• Liu Xiang, athlete
• Liu Xiaoqing, actress
• Andy Lau, singer
• Steven Lau, intellect
• Lucy Liu, actress
• Evelyn Lau, writer

Han commanderies and kingdoms AD 2. ... The Kingdom of Shu (蜀 shǔ) (221 – 263) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. ... The Three Kingdoms period (Simplified Chinese: 三国; Traditional Chinese: 三國; Pinyin Sānguó) is a period in the history of China. ... Many historians consider the Huns (meaning person in Mongolian language) the first Mongolian and Turkic people mentioned in European history. ... The Han Zhao (Simplified Chinese script: 汉赵, Traditional Chinese script: 漢趙, pinyin: Hànzhào) (304-329) was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Chinese Jin Dynasty (265-420). ... The Tiefu (Simplified Chinese character: 铁弗, Traditional Chinese character: 鐵弗, pinyin: TiÄ›fú) was a pre-state Hunnic tribe during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms in China. ... The Sixteen Kingdoms, or less commonly the Sixteen States, were a collection of numerous short-lived sovereignities in the China proper and neighboring areas from AD 304 to 439 after the retreat of the Jin Dynasty (265-420) to South China and before the establishment of the Northern Dynasties. ... The Song Dynasty (宋朝, previous spelling Sung) (420-479) was first of the four Southern Dynasties in China, followed by the Qi Dynasty. ... The Southern dynasties 南朝 (nanchao in pinyin: nan2 chao2) include Song Dynasty, Qi Dynasty, Liang Dynasty and Chen Dynasty whose capital were all at Jiankang See also:Chinese history, Southern and Northern Dynasty, Chinese sovereign ... The Later Han Dynasty could refer to two dynasties in China: The Eastern Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 9) A dynasty in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (936-947) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (Traditional Chinese: 五代十國 Simplified Chinese: 五代十国 Hanyu pinyin: Wǔdàishíguó) (907-960) was a period of political upheaval in China, between the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty. ... Liu Huaqing (劉華清 pinyin liu2 hua2 qing1) was the Commander of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Navy from 1982 through 1988, and is considered to be responsible for its modernization efforts. ... PRC is a common abbreviation for: Peoples Republic of China Palestinian Red Crescent Popular Resistance Committees This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Liu Jeff 劉徽 was a [[Taiwan|]] Kewl Guy who lived in the 200000s. ... Liu Shaoqi Liú Shàoqí (Simplified Chinese: 刘少奇 Traditional Chinese: 劉少奇 Wade-Giles: Liu Shao-chi) (November 24, 1898 – November 12, 1969) was a leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Peoples Republic of China. ... PRC is a common abbreviation for: Peoples Republic of China Palestinian Red Crescent Popular Resistance Committees This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Emperor Gaozu of Tang China (566 - June 25, 635), born Li Yuan, was the founder of the Tang Dynasty of China, and the first emperor of this dynasty from 618 to 626. ... Liu Bei (161 - 223) was a powerful warlord and the founding emperor of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. ... The Kingdom of Shu (蜀 shǔ) (221 – 263) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. ... The Three Kingdoms period (Simplified Chinese: 三国; Traditional Chinese: 三國; Pinyin Sānguó) is a period in the history of China. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu. ... Liu, Xiaoqing is a very famous and talented actress in China. ... Top: Andy Lau (right) with Idy Chan in 1983 TVB The Return of the Condor Heroes - Bottom: Andy Lau (left) with Takeshi Kaneshiro in 2004 House of Flying Daggers Andy Lau Tak-Wah (Traditional Chinese: 劉德華; Simplified Chinese: 刘德华; pinyin: ; Jyutping: Lau4 Dak1 Waa4) (born September 27, 1961 in Hong Kong as... Lucy Liu Lucy Liu in Kill Bill Liu with Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore in Charlies Angels (2000) Lucy Alexis Liu (born December 2, 1968 in New York City, New York) is an American actress of Chinese ancestry, who starred in the TV series Ally McBeal and in the... Evelyn Lau (born July 2, 1971) is a Canadian poet and novelist. ...

Prominent people with family name 柳

• Liu Gongquan, a poet and calligrapher
• Liu Zongyuan, a poet during Tang Dynasty
• Yoo Soo-young, one third of the Korean pop group S.E.S.