Dab solver - Gao (surname)

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== Romanization and pronunciation ==

{|
|Dialect or Format
|Transliteration or Pronunciation
|-
|[[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]
|Gāo ([[Hanyu pinyin]]); Kao1 ([[Wade-Giles]])
|-
|[[Yue Chinese|Cantonese]]
|Gou1 ([[Jyutping]])
|-
|[[Minnan]]
|Ko ([[Peh-oe-ji]])
|-
|[[Japanese language|Japanese]]
|Kō
|-
|[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
|Cao
|-
|[[Korean language|Korean]]
|[[Ko (Korean name)|]]([[McCune–Reischauer]])
|}

== Origin ==

Not all the Gao(高) surnames people are from the same tribes or vicinity. in ancient, [[Zhuanxu]] has name  (高陽), Various Gao surnames from:

*Gao Xi (高傒), grandson of [[Duke Wen of Qi]] in [[Qi (state)]] from [[Jiang Ziya]] the [[Jiang (surname)]]
* (高陽) the old [[Chinese people|Chinese]] family name
*[[Xu (surname)|Xú]] (徐) family at [[Northern Qi]] period, check a [[Xu (surname)]] (徐) and [[Li Shiji]] the [[Xu Shiji]] (徐世勣)
*[[Yuan (surname)|]] (元) family of Chinese [[...|Emperor Xiaowen]] at [[Southern and Northern Dynasties]] period, check a post [[Xue]] (surname)] (薛) 
* (楼) family the Xianbei people in [[...|Northern Wei]] period
*[[Baipu]] people of [[Yunnan]] (雲南) country

== List of person with the surname ==

=== Gao ===
* In affiliation with the [[Northern Qi]] Dynasty

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{{Infobox surname
| name = Gao
| image = 高-order.gif
| image_size = 
| caption = [[Stroke order]] of the Gao surname
| pronunciation = Gāo (Pinyin) Ko ([[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]]) Gou1 (Jyutping)
| language = Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean
| languageorigin = [[Old Chinese]]
| origin = 
| derivation = 
| meaning = high, tall
| variant =Gao, Kao (Mandarin) Ko, Kou (Cantonese, [[Hokkien]]) Kō (Japanese) Ko (Korean) Cao (Vietnamese)
| cognate = 
| derivative = [[Ko (Korean name)|Ko]]
| seealso = 
| family = 
}}
'''Gao''' ({{zh|c=[[wikt:高|高]]}}) is a [[Chinese family name]] that can be literally translated as "high" or "tall". There are approximately 16 million living people with this surname. Some places, such as [[Taiwan]], usually romanize this family name into '''Kao'''. In [[Hong Kong]], it is romanized to '''Ko'''. In [[Macau]], it is romanized to '''Kou'''.

==Romanization and pronunciation==
{|class="wikitable"
|'''Dialect or Format'''
|'''Transliteration or Pronunciation'''
|-
|[[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]]
|Gāo ([[Hanyu pinyin]]); Kao1 ([[Wade-Giles]])
|-
|[[Yue Chinese|Cantonese]]
|Gou1 ([[Jyutping]])
|-
|[[Minnan]]
|Ko ([[Peh-oe-ji]])
|-
|[[Japanese language|Japanese]]
|Kō
|-
|[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
|Cao
|-
|[[Korean language|Korean]]
|[[Ko (Korean name)|Ko]]([[McCune–Reischauer]])
|}

==Origin==
Not all the Gao(高) surnames people are from the same tribes or vicinity. in ancient, [[Zhuanxu]] has name <<link:0>> (高陽), Various Gao surnames from:

*Gao Xi (高傒), grandson of [[Duke Wen of Qi]] in [[Qi (state)]] from [[Jiang Ziya]] the [[Jiang (surname)]]
*<<link:1>> (高陽) the old [[Chinese people|Chinese]] family name
*[[Xu (surname)|Xú]] (徐) family at [[Northern Qi]] period, check a [[Xu (surname)]] (徐) and [[Li Shiji]] the [[Xu Shiji]] (徐世勣)
*[[Yuan (surname)|Yuan]] (元) family of Chinese [[Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei|Emperor Xiaowen]] at [[Southern and Northern Dynasties]] period, check a post [[Xue]] (surname)] (薛) 
*<<link:2>> (楼) family the Xianbei people in [[Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei|Northern Wei]] period
*[[Baipu]] people of [[Yunnan]] (雲南) country

==List of person with the surname==
===Gao===
* In affiliation with the [[Northern Qi]] Dynasty
** [[Gao Anagong]]
** [[Gao Cheng]]
** [[Gao Heng]]
** [[Gao Huan]]
** [[Gao Shaoyi]]
** [[Gao Wei]]
** [[Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi|Gao Yang]]
** [[Gao Yanzong]]
* [[Gao Gang]], Chinese Communist
* [[Gao Hong]], pipa player and composer
* [[Gao Jianli]], a [[Zhu (String instrument)|Zhu]] player and friend of [[Jing Ke]]
* [[Gao Jiong]], official during the [[Sui Dynasty]]
* [[Gao Jixing]], a king of [[Jingnan]]
* [[Gao Jun]], Chinese-American table tennis player
* [[Gao Ling]], Chinese badminton player
* [[Gao Min (cyclist)]], Chinese cyclist
* [[Gao Min (diver)]], Chinese diver
* [[Gao Qiu]], character from [[Water Margin|Shui Hu Zhuan]]
* [[Gao Shilian]], chancellor during the [[Tang Dynasty]]
* [[Gao Shun]], one of [[Lü Bu]]'s commanders
* [[Gao Shuying]], Chinese pole vaulter
* [[Gao Song]], Chinese figure skater
* [[Gao Xianzhi]], general during the [[Tang Dynasty]] of Korean descent
* [[Gao Xie]], calligraphist, painter, poet, writer, book collector
* [[Gao Xingjian]], 2000 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
* [[Gao Xu]], poet, writer, publisher, revolutionary
* [[Gao Yihan]], intellectual
* [[Gao Yisheng]], creator of the Gao style of the Chinese Internal Martial Art of Baguazhang
* [[Gao Yun (Northern Wei)]], official during the Northern Wei Dynasty
* [[Gao Yun (Northern Yan)]], emperor of the Northern Yan Dynasty

===Kao===
* [[Ping-Tse Kao]]
* [[Min Kao]]
* [[Charles K. Kao]], inventor of data transmission using optical fibre, was awarded half of the 2009 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
* [[Lefai Kao]]

===Kō===
* [[Kō no Moronao]]
* [[Kō no Moroyasu]]
* [[Kō no Morofuyu]]

===Cao===
* [[Joseph Cao]]

''(This list is incomplete.  You can improve it by adding additional names.)''

==External links==
*[http://www.gsjp.net/News/Show.asp?id=178 胶州高姓来源及分布]
*[http://baike.baidu.com/view/33105.htm  高姓]

[[Category:Chinese-language surnames]]
[[Category:Surnames]]

[[vi:Cao (họ)]]
[[zh:高姓]]

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