Ailing (Chinese name)
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Language | Chinese |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | East Asia, Southeast Asia |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Ailing, Ai-ling, Ai-Ling, Ai Ling, Oiling, Oi-ling, Oi-Ling, Oi Ling, Aileng, Ai-leng, Ai-Leng, Ai Leng |
| Short form | Ai |
| Pet form | Ling-ling |
| Anglicisations | Aileen, Eileen, Irene |
Ailing, Ai-ling, or, similar; is a female Chinese given name. It may be Anglicized as Eileen,[1] Irene, or similar.
People with Chinese names variously romanized as "Ailing" or similar include:
愛玲 / 爱玲
[edit]| Ailing | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 愛玲 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 爱玲 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Lovely | ||||||||||||
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People
[edit]- Irene Ang (洪愛玲) beauty pageant contestant from Singapore at the Miss Chinese International Pageant 1993
- Eileen Chang (張愛玲; 1920–1995; as Zhang Ailing and Chang Ai-ling) Chinese-American author
- Eleanor Goodman (顾爱玲; as Gu Ailing; born 1979) U.S. translator of Chinese works
- Liu Ailing (刘爱玲; born 1967) Chinese soccer player
- Ong Ai Leng (王爱玲; born 1978; Wang Ailing) Malaysian actress
- Eileen Tung (童愛玲; born 1972), Taiwanese actress and contestant on Hong Kong TV show Beautiful Cooking
- Zhang Ailing (badminton) (张爱玲; born 1957), Chinese badminton player
Characters
[edit]- Mak Oi Ling (麥愛玲), fictional character from the television show Growing Through Life
愛凌 / 爱凌
[edit]| Ailing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 愛凌 | ||
| Simplified Chinese | 爱凌 | ||
| Literal meaning | Lovely | ||
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- Gu Ailing (谷爱凌; born 2003 as Eileen Gu) American-Chinese freestyle skier
藹齡 / 蔼龄
[edit]| Ailing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 藹齡 | ||
| Simplified Chinese | 蔼龄 | ||
| Literal meaning | Kindly | ||
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- Nancy Soong Ai-ling (宋藹齡; 1888–1973; also Ellen Soong) Taiwanese-Chinese businesswoman
See also
[edit]
- Gladys Li Ling-Ai (1908–2003; Chinese: 李靈愛) Chinese-American filmmaker
- Ai (disambiguation)
- Ail (disambiguation)
- Ing (disambiguation)
- Ling (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Ailing
- All pages with titles containing Ailing
- All pages with titles containing Ai-Ling
- All pages with titles containing Ail-Ing
- Eileen (disambiguation), sometimes used as an anglicization of the Chinese Ailing
- Irene (disambiguation), sometimes used as an anglicisation of the Chinese Ailing
References
[edit]- ↑ Louie, Kam (2012). Eileen Chang: Romancing Languages, Cultures and Genres. Hong Kong University Press.
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