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Liu is a common Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several different surnames written in different Chinese characters:
- 刘 / 劉, pinyin: Liú. A very common surname, as it was used by the ruling family of the Han Dynasty - a high point in the history of China.
- 柳 pinyin: Liŭ
- 留 pinyin: Liú
- 六 pinyin: Liù
In Vietnamese, the name can either take the form "Liễu" (in northern regions), corresponding to 柳 in Chinese, or "Lưu" (in central or southern regions), corresponding to 刘/劉 or 留 in Chinese. The family name 六 is "Lục" in Vietnamese.
In Cantonese transliteration, 刘/劉 (Liú) is Lau, whilst Liu is a different surname, 廖, pinyin: Liào, ("Liêu" in Vietnamese).
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- The Liu royals of the following dynasties:
- the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang - the Han Dynasty's founder,
- the Shu Kingdom in the Period of the Three Kingdoms,
- the Xiongnu 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
- Others:
- Liu Bei, founder of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period
- Andy Lau, actor,singer
- Evelyn Lau, writer
- Lau Kar-leung, actor, choreographer and director
- Sidney Lau, Hong Kong linguist
- Liu Bocheng, PRC military commander
- Liu Dalin, sexologist
- Liu Huaqing, PRC politician
- Liu Hui, mathematician
- Lucy Liu, actress
- Liu Qi-Chao, jazz musician
- Liu Shaoqi, PRC politician
- Liu Sola, singer, composer, and writer
- Liu Tianhua, composer and musician
- Liu Wenhui, warlord
- Liu Wenjing, one of the advisors of Tang Gaozu
- Liu Xiang, Olympic winner and World Record holder
- Liu Xiaoqing, actress
- Liu Yifei, singer/actress
- Yuen T’ao Liu, artist
- Will Liu, Taiwanese singer
- Liu Xiang (warlord)
- Liu Ye, actor and singer.
- Liu Gongquan, a poet and calligrapher
- Liu Zongyuan, a poet during Tang Dynasty
