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Ming is a common personal name among Chinese people, Vietnamese people, and Korean people. In pinyin, it's written Míng, in romanized Vietnamese, it's written as Minh, and in Korean it's pronounced Myeong. Directly translated as "bright" (to understand/intelligence), the Chinese character is made up of the words sun and moon written side by side. It may also mean:

People

Ming Tsai, a celebrity chef
Ming-Na (born 1963), an American actress
Yan Pei Ming (born 1960), a Chinese born painter
Yao Ming, professional NBA player from China
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader
Ngoc Minh, a Vietnamese poet
Ming, a fictional character in the Japanese role-playing game Lost Odyssey
The Scottish name Menzies is traditionally pronounced "MING-iss" and a shortened form is "Ming"
- Robert Menzies (nicknamed "Ming"), an Australian Prime Minister (using the pronunciation "Men-zeez" for his surname)
- British politician Menzies Campbell (using the pronunciation "MING-iss") is often called "Ming"

Chinese Emperors

Ming Dynasty, the ruling dynasty in China from 1368 to 1644

Emperor Ming of Han (28-75)

Emperor Ming of Wei (205-239), see Cao Rui

Emperor Ming of Zhao (274 - 333), see Shi Le

Emperor Ming of Jin (299 - 325)

Emperor Ming of Liu Song (439 - 472)

Emperor Ming of Southern Qi (452 - 498)

Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou (534 - 560)

Other uses

Ming (typeface), a common typeface for writing Chinese characters

Ming class submarine, a class of diesel-electric submarines built by China

Motorola MING, a smartphone released by Motorola

Ming library, a C library with dynamic language bindings for creating Adobe Flash (.swf) files

Ming-Ming Duckling, a character from Wonder Pets

Ming, a tiger who lived in a New York apartment

Ming the Merciless is a fictional villain in the Flash Gordon stories

Ming (Flash Gordon 2007) is an updated version of Ming the Merciless.

Ming (clam) is a clam, claimed to be the oldest animal ever discovered.Further Information

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