Ming
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Ming (明) is a common personal name in China. It may also mean:
People:
- Yao Ming, professional NBA player from China
- Ming Tsai, a celebrity chef
- Menzies Campbell ("Ming"), a British politician, leader of the Liberal Democrats.
- Robert Menzies (nicknamed "Ming"), an Australian Prime Minister
- Ming the Merciless, Emperor of the planet Mongo, a fictional character in the Flash Gordon stories
Chinese Emperors:
- 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 Dynasty, the ruling dynasty in China from 1368 to 1644
- 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 PHP bindings for creating Adobe Flash (.swf) files.
- Minger derogatory slang term.
- Ming-Ming Duckling, a character from Wonder Pets
- A Filipino way to call a cat.