Ni (surname)

Ni (倪)
Pronunciation	Ni (Mandarin) Ngai (Cantonese)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s)	Ngai, Nee

Ni is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 倪 in Chinese character. It is romanized Ngai in Cantonese. Ni is listed 71st in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.^[1] As of 2008, it is the 116th most common surname in China, shared by 1.4 million people.^[2]

Notable people

• Ni Shu (9th – 10th century), Southern Han chancellor
• Ni Wenjun (died 1357), general of the Red Turban Rebellion
• Ni Zan (1301–1374), painter, one of the Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty
• Ni Yuanlu (1593–1644), Ming dynasty official and painter
• Ni Xiangkai (倪象愷; fl. 1720s–30s), Qing dynasty Governor of Taiwan prefecture
• Ni Wenwei (倪文蔚; 1823–1890), Qing dynasty Governor of Guangxi and Henan provinces
• Ni Sichong (1868–1924), warlord of the Anhui clique
• Ni Guizhen (倪桂珍; 1869–1931), matriarch of the Soong clan, mother of Soong Ching-ling, Soong Mei-ling, and T. V. Soong
• Ni Daolang (1879–1952), Governor of Anhui of the Wang Jingwei regime, executed for treason
• Ni Yingdian (倪映典; 1885–1910), anti-Qing revolutionary leader, posthumously awarded rank of General
• Ni Baochun (倪葆春; 1899–1997), physician, President of St. John's University, Shanghai
• Ni Zhiliang (1900–1965), PLA lieutenant general, first Chinese ambassador to North Korea
• Watchman Nee or Ni Tuosheng (1903–1972), Christian leader
• Ni Wen-ya (1903–2006), President of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China
• Ni Chao (倪超; 1907–1996), civil engineer, President of National Cheng Kung University
• Ngai Shiu-kit (born 1924), Hong Kong legislator
• Ni Weidou (born 1932), scientist, former Vice-President of Tsinghua University
• Ni Zhifu (1933–2013), politician, Politburo member
• Ni Xiance (born 1935), former Governor of Jiangxi province, convicted of corruption
• Ni Kuang (born 1935), Hong Kong novelist
• Ni Tianzeng (倪天增; 1937–1992), Vice Mayor of Shanghai
• Ni Wei-Tou (born 1944), Taiwanese physicist
• Siu Yam-yam or Ni Xiaoyan (born 1945), Hong Kong actress
• Yi Shu or Ni Yishu (born 1946), Hong Kong novelist, sister of Ni Kuang
• Ni Min-jan (1946–2005), Taiwanese actor
• Fang Ying or Ni Fangning (方盈; 1948–2010), Hong Kong actress
• Ni Fake (born 1954), former Vice Governor of Anhui province
• Ni Ping (born 1959), actress and television presenter
• Ni Yulan (born 1960), civil rights lawyer
• Ni Xialian (born 1963), female table tennis player, world champion
• Shunza or Ni Shunzi (born 1973), singer-songwriter
• Fu-Te Ni or Ni Fude (born 1982), Taiwanese baseball player
• Ni Hua (born 1983), chess grandmaster
• Ni Hong (born 1986), female fencer, Olympic medalist
• Ni Ni (born 1988), actress
• Ni Bo (born 1989), football player
• Ni Yusong (born 1991), football player

References

1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
2. "中国最新300大姓排名（2008）" [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-25.