Shao
title: "Shao" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["chinese-language-surnames", "individual-chinese-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/china" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shao" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Shao |
| pronunciation | Shào (Pinyin) |
| Siu6 (Jyutping) | |
| Seu (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ) | |
| Sau4 (Guangdong) | |
| Siêu (Min Dong) | |
| Siō (Hokkien, Pe̍h-ōe-jī) | |
| Siao6 / siou6 / siên7 (Teochew, Peng'im) | |
| Zau3 (Wu) | |
| language | Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean |
| languageorigin | Old Chinese |
| derivation | Duke of Shao (召公) |
| variant | So (Korean) |
| Thiệu, Thiều (Vietnamese) | |
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| name = Shao | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = Shào (Pinyin) Siu6 (Jyutping) Seu (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ) Sau4 (Guangdong) Siêu (Min Dong) Siō (Hokkien, Pe̍h-ōe-jī) Siao6 / siou6 / siên7 (Teochew, Peng'im) Zau3 (Wu) | language = Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean | languageorigin = Old Chinese | origin = | derivation = Duke of Shao (召公) | meaning = | variant = So (Korean) Thiệu, Thiều (Vietnamese) | cognate = | derivative = | seealso = | family = Shao (; HKG Romanisation: Shiu; Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaw) is a common Chinese family name. It is the 86th most populous family name in China. It corresponds to last name So in Korean; Thiệu or Thiều in Vietnamese; Zau in Wu Chinese/Shanghainese and Siu, Chow, or Sho in other Chinese romanisations. The origin of the family name Shao is thought to have come from the royal lines of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China. The King's loyal subject Duke of Shao (召公), was thought to have originated the Shao lines. The Hundred Family Surnames also mentions a much rarer surname with the same pronunciation but with a different tone: Sháo (韶).
Notable people
- Shao Yong (邵雍; 1011–1077), philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian who greatly influenced the development of Neo-Confucianism in China during the Song dynasty
- Shao Mi (邵弥; 1592–1642), Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty
- Shao Jiayi (邵佳一), Chinese soccer player
- Shao Ning (born 1982), Chinese judoka
- Shao Xunmei a.k.a. Zau Sinmay, Chinese poet and publisher
- Shao Tong (1994–2014), Chinese student murdered in Iowa
- The Shaw brothers:
- Runje Shaw (1896–1975)
- Runde Shaw (1899–1973)
- Runme Shaw (1901–1985)
- Run Run Shaw (1907–2014)
- Shao Yunhuan (邵云环), Chinese journalist killed in the 1999 United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
- Ivy Shao () is a Taiwanese actress
Fictional Characters
- Shao Kahn Emperor of Outworld in the Mortal Kombat universe. Shao Bing Shao Bing (邵兵) is a Chinese actor who has won a Huabiao Award. Shao Bing at douban.com Shao Bing at chinesemov.com Shao Bing on IMDb Shao Bing at the 4 KB (45 words) - 17:25, 6 August 2019 Shao Yong Shao Yong (Chinese: 邵雍; pinyin: Shào Yōng; Wade–Giles: Shao Yung; 1011–1077), courtesy name Yaofu (堯夫), named Shào Kāngjié (邵康節) was a Chinese philosopher 9 KB (1,019 words) - 23:45, 25 May 2020 Emperor Shao of Song Jing Province (荊州, roughly modern Hubei), but at the counsel of Zhang Shao (張邵) that Liu Yifu, as the heir, should not be sent away from Jiankang, that 9 KB (1,237 words) - 12:14, 12 September 2019 Murder of Shao Tong September 26, 2014, police found a body later identified as 20-year-old Shao Tong (Chinese: 邵童, 1994 – 2014), a Chinese undergraduate at Iowa State University 28 KB (3,571 words) - 08:37, 10 April 2020 Shao Jiayi Shao Jiayi (Chinese: 邵佳一; pinyin: Shào Jiāyī; born 10 April 1980) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented 14 KB (794 words) - 09:23, 7 May 2020 Run Run Shaw (redirect from Shao Yifu) Hsuen (邵行銀) (1867–1920) and his wife Wang Shun Xiang (1871–1939). His name at birth was Shao Renleng (邵仁楞), which was later changed to Shao Yifu (邵逸夫) because 33 KB (3,274 words) - 15:14, 20 April 2020 Sun Shao Sun Shao may refer to: Sun Shao (Changxu) (孫邵; 163-225), courtesy name Changxu (長緒), first chancellor of Eastern Wu Sun Shao (孫紹), posthumous son of the 313 bytes (48 words) - 19:16, 15 January 2018 Shao-Jiang Min Shao–Jiang or Shaojiang Min (simplified Chinese: 邵将; traditional Chinese: 邵將; pinyin: Shàojiāng) is a Min Chinese language centered on Western Nanping 2 KB (186 words) - 23:54, 23 May 2020 Shao Xunmei Shao Xunmei (Chinese: 邵洵美; Shanghainese: Zau Sinmay; 1906–1968) was a Chinese poet and publisher. He was a contributing writer for T'ien Hsia Monthly 13 KB (1,526 words) - 22:01, 23 May 2020 Gu Shao Gu Shao (c. 188–218), courtesy name Xiaoze, was an official serving under the warlord Sun Quan in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Gu Shao's ancestral 11 KB (1,774 words) - 12:01, 19 May 2018 Shao Ting Shao Ting (Chinese: 邵婷, born 10 December 1989) is a Chinese basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) 3 KB (95 words) - 15:42, 4 April 2020 Kao Shao-yuan Kao Shao-yuan (Chinese: 高邵媛; born 11 June 1988) is a Taiwanese former professional tennis player. In her career, she won 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's 2 KB (89 words) - 18:17, 15 April 2020 Shao Jieni Shao Jieni (Chinese: 邵杰妮; pinyin: Shào Jiénī, born January 24, 1994) is a Chinese-born Portuguese table tennis player. Originally from Anshan, Shao Jieni 6 KB (298 words) - 20:50, 11 February 2020 Shao Mingli Shao Mingli (Chinese: 邵明立; pinyin: Shào Mínglì; born October 1951) is the current head of the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration. He took over 762 bytes (50 words) - 09:34, 3 April 2016 Shao Yuanchong Shao Yuanchong (Chinese: 邵元沖; pinyin: Shào Yuánchōng; 1890 – 14 December 1936) was a founding member of the Xinhai Revolution and a politician of the Republic 2 KB (75 words) - 17:31, 26 August 2018 Shao Changchun Shao Changchun, (Simplified Chinese: 邵常淳), born February 1965 in Nanning, is an unaffiliated event organizer, violin maker, and academician (Academy of 2 KB (109 words) - 05:43, 29 September 2019 Shao Shiping Shao Shiping (Chinese: 邵式平) (1900–1965) was a Chinese politician. He was born in Yiyang County, Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China. He 1 KB (121 words) - 14:11, 22 April 2019 Shao Piaoping Shao Piaoping (邵飄萍, Shào Piāopíng) (11 October 1884 – 1926), originally named Jingqing (鏡清), later renamed himself Zhenqing (振青), was a journalist, an 18 KB (2,801 words) - 06:57, 6 May 2020 Shao Prefecture Shaozhou or Shao Prefecture (邵州) was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Shaoyang, Hunan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 1 KB (100 words) - 03:59, 13 November 2017 Shao Wenkai Shao Wenkai (simplified Chinese: 邵文凯; traditional Chinese: 邵文凱; pinyin: Shào Wénkǎi; Wade–Giles: Shao Wen-k'ai; 1887–????) was a member of the military 3 KB (342 words) - 19:41, 1 January 2020 Shao Xianghua Shao Xianghua, (simplified Chinese: 邵象华; traditional Chinese: 邵象華; pinyin: Shào Xiànghuá; February 22, 1913 – March 21, 2012) was a Chinese materials 3 KB (257 words) - 05:54, 28 April 2020 Shaoyang (redirect from 邵阳) Shaoyang (simplified Chinese: 邵阳; traditional Chinese: 邵陽; pinyin: Shàoyáng), formerly named Baoqing (Paoking) (Chinese: 宝庆), is a prefecture-level city 19 KB (969 words) - 07:00, 23 May 2020 Shao Mi Shao Mi (Shao Mi, traditional: 邵彌, simplified: 邵弥); ca. 1592-1642 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) 1 KB (80 words) - 20:17, 24 July 2019 Shao Zhanwei Shao Zhanwei (Chinese: 邵占维; February 1956 – March 6, 2013) was a Chinese politician from Cixi, Zhejiang. He was the Mayor of Hangzhou between 2010 and 1 KB (125 words) - 02:58, 30 October 2018 Sun Shao (Changxu) Sun Shao (163 – June or July 225), courtesy name Changxu, was an official of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He served 7 KB (967 words) - 11:12, 3 October 2019 Shao Puliang Shao Puliang (Chinese: 邵镤亮; Pinyin: Shào Púliàng; born 6 July 1989) is a Chinese professional football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Shijiazhuang 5 KB (304 words) - 22:11, 17 April 2020 Runje Shaw (redirect from Shao Zuiweng) in 1896 in Zhenhai, Ningbo, Zhejiang province. His birth name was Shao Tongzhang (邵同章) and Renjie (仁傑) was his courtesy name. After founding Tianyi, he 11 KB (1,079 words) - 02:20, 12 March 2020 Siu Yam-yam (redirect from Shao Yin Yin) Siu Yam-yam (Chinese: 邵音音; pinyin: Shào Yīnyīn, born 17 August 1950), born Ngai Siu-ngan (倪小雁), is a Hong Kong actress. She has been active in the Hong 2 KB (193 words) - 04:36, 16 May 2019 Shao Shuai Shao Shuai (Chinese: 邵帅; born 2 January 1989 in Dalian) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Chengdu Better City in the China League Two 5 KB (242 words) - 16:56, 6 January 2020 Peter Shao Zhumin Peter Shao Zhumin (Chinese: 邵祝敏; born 1963) is a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongjia since 2016. He was ordained 4 KB (147 words) - 01:15, 24 February 2019 Shao Peizi Shao Peizi (Chinese: 邵裴子; 1884–1968), was a Chinese calligrapher, seal artist, educator and economist. Shao was twice President of Zhejiang University 4 KB (467 words) - 23:42, 13 May 2018 Shao Fei Shao Fei (Chinese: 邵飞; born 1954) is a contemporary Chinese female artist from Beijing. As a professional painter at the Central Academy of Fine Arts from 8 KB (757 words) - 01:17, 2 May 2020 Maggie Shiu (redirect from 邵美琪) com Maggie Shiu at chinesemov.com Maggie Shiu's sina weibo 邵美琪新浪微博 Maggieshiu International fans club -美麗琪跡-邵美琪國際影迷聯盟 Maggie Shiu on IMDb HK cinemagic 19 KB (746 words) - 23:39, 29 April 2020 Shao Xinyu Shao Xinyu (Chinese: 邵新宇; born November 1967) is a Chinese engineer currently serving as Communist Party Secretary of Huazhong University of Science and 5 KB (338 words) - 09:42, 15 January 2020 Shao Ning Shao Ning (Chinese: 邵寧; born 1982-02-17 in Shandong) is a male Chinese judoka who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Half heavyweight (90–100 kg) 1 KB (54 words) - 21:27, 13 June 2019 Old Xiang (redirect from Lou–Shao dialects) Old Xiang, also known as Lou-Shao (娄邵片 / 婁邵片), is a conservative Xiang Chinese language. It is spoken in the central areas of Hunan where it has been to 2 KB (98 words) - 23:24, 14 December 2019 Shao Weigang Shao Weigang (simplified Chinese: 邵炜刚; traditional Chinese: 邵煒剛; pinyin: Shào Wěigāng, born February 21, 1973) is a Chinese professional Go player. Shao 2 KB (68 words) - 00:55, 13 April 2016 Runme Shaw (redirect from Shào Rénméi) Tan Sri Dr. Runme Shaw, K.St.J (Chinese: 邵仁枚; pinyin: Shào Rénméi; 1 January 1901 – 2 March 1985) was the chairman and founder of the Shaw Organisation 16 KB (2,004 words) - 14:57, 23 May 2020 Shaogang (redirect from Shao Gang) Shaogang Township (邵岗乡), a township in Huoqiu County, Anhui Shaogang, Henan (稍岗), a town in Yucheng County, Henan Shaogang, Ningxia (邵岗), a town in Qingtongxia 446 bytes (60 words) - 10:31, 25 March 2019 Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (redirect from Shao Yifu Hospital) Shaw Hospital (SRRSH; simplified Chinese: 邵逸夫医院; traditional Chinese: 邵逸夫醫院; pinyin: Shào Yìfū Yīyuàn), or Shao Yifu Hospital, is a hospital affiliated 2 KB (178 words) - 12:29, 27 June 2014 Shao Shuai (footballer, born 1997) Shao Shuai (simplified Chinese: 邵帅; traditional Chinese: 邵帥; pinyin: Shào Shuài; born 10 March 1997) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a defender 2 KB (49 words) - 09:23, 7 May 2020 --
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