Mai (Chinese surname)
Language(s) | Chinese |
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Origin | |
Meaning | Wheat or barley |
Region of origin | China, esp. Guangdong |
Look up 麥 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mài is a
Cantonese pronunciation, though other transliterations exist. "麥" is the standard character in both Traditional and Simplified scripts but 麦 is also a variant seen in both. The meaning of the Chinese character is either wheat or barley. According to a 2013 study, 麦 was the 200th most common surname, shared by 550,000 people or 0.041% of China's population, with Guangdong
being the province with the most.
The Mai 買 surname is only found among Siraya Taiwan Plains Aboriginals in Taiwan and among Hui people in mainland China.
Notable people
- Alan Mak, Hong Kong director
- Alan Mak, British politician
- Alice Mak, the Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs of Hong Kong
- Alice Mak, Chinese cartoonist and creator of McMug/McDull
- Juno Mak, Hong Kong singer
- Karl Maka, (Chinese: 麥嘉) Hong Kong film producer, director, actor, and presenter.
- Bow-sim Mark, (Chinese: 麥寶嬋) martial arts grandmaster, credited with popularizing the term “Wushu” outside of China, mother of martial arts film star Donnie Yen.
- Him Mark Lai, (Chinese: 麥禮謙) American historian and writer
- Teresa Mak, Hong Kong actress, known for the role of Fang Yi (方怡) in The Duke of Mount Deer
- Dennis Mak, Hong Kong singer
- Tak Wah Mak, Chinese Canadian award-winning researcher known for discovery of the T-cell receptor
- Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching, Hong Kong TVB actor
- Mai Yinghao (born Panyu District, Guangdong), Chinese archaeologist
- Prince Mak, singer
- Mak Chai-kwong, Former Secretary for Development of Hong Kong