胡明

胡志明 HúZhìmíng #51,963

Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969), Vietnamese communist leader and founding father of modern Vietnam

张明 Zhāngmíng

Zhang Ming (very common Chinese name) / often used as a placeholder name in textbooks and example dialogues, roughly equivalent to 'John Smith' in English

胡斌 Húbīn

Hu Bin (common Chinese male name); became nationally known through the 2009 Hangzhou '70码' ("70 kph") fatal street racing case

李明 Lǐmíng #39,546

Li Ming (b. 1971), retired Chinese footballer who captained the national team and played in the 2002 World Cup / also an extremely common generic Chinese name used like 'John Smith' in textbook examples

润明 Rùnmíng

Runming (Chinese brand and given-name fragment) / notably the brand name of Bausch & Lomb's contact-lens line in China (博士伦润明)

胡适 Húshì

Hu Shi (1891–1962), Chinese philosopher, essayist, and diplomat, leading advocate of written vernacular Chinese (白话文) during the May Fourth Movement

蔡明 CàiMíng

Cai Ming (1961-), mainland Chinese comedic actress famous for her xiaopin (skit) appearances on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, often playing a sharp-tongued older woman

陈明 ChénMíng

Chen Ming (1970-), Chinese singer famous for 'Zǒu Sì Fāng' / to state clearly (literal meaning)

刘胡兰 LiúHúlán

Liu Hulan (1932-1947), Chinese Communist Party member and martyr / executed by Kuomintang forces at age 14 during the Chinese Civil War

明浩 Mínghào #29,570

Minghao (a Chinese given name, also used as a Korean name transliteration)