Dai (戴)

Romanization	Mandarin: Dai, Tai
Pronunciation	Dài (Mandarin)
Language(s)	Chinese

Dai is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written with the Chinese character 戴. It is romanized as Tai in Wade-Giles and in Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation. Dai is the 96th most common surname in China, according to a report on the household registrations released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007.^[1]

Meanings of the character

• Apply items to the person's head, face, neck, hand, etc.
• Respect, esteem, or support.^[2]

Notable people

Business

• Dai Chunning (戴春宁, born 1962), Chinese finance businessman
• Dai Min (戴敏, born 1958), Chinese water treatment businesswoman
• Weili Dai (戴伟立), Chinese-born American technology businesswoman
• Andrew Tai (戴浩原), Canadian-Chinese businessman, Founder & CEO of Unhaggle and Motoinsight

Academia and literature

• Dai Yi (戴逸, 1926–2024), Chinese historian
• Dai Qing (戴晴, born 1941), Chinese journalist
• Dai Sijie (戴思杰, born 1954), Chinese-born French author and filmmaker
• Dai Jinhua (戴锦华, born 1959), Chinese feminist cultural critic
• Dai Xu (戴旭, born 1964), Chinese author, social commentator, and the president of Marine Institute For Security And Cooperation
• Hongjie Dai (戴宏杰, born 1966), Chinese-born American chemist

Entertainment

• Aaron Dai (戴海清, born 1967), American composer and pianist
• Leon Dai (戴立忍, born 1966), Taiwanese actor and film director
• Penny Tai (戴佩妮, born 1978), Malaysian Mandopop singer
• Dai Jiaoqian (戴娇倩, born 1982), Chinese actress
• Dantes Dailiang (戴亮, born 1978), French Mandopop singer

Politics and government

• Dai Jitao (戴季陶, 1891–1949), journalist and Kuomintang leader
• Dai Li (also Tai Li; 戴笠, 1897–1946), Republic of China spy chief
• Dai Bingguo (戴秉国, born 1941), Chinese politician and diplomat
• Dai Xianglong (戴相龙, born 1944), Chinese politician, former governor of the People's Bank of China
• Tai Chin-wah (戴展華, born 1952), Hong Kong former politician and lawyer
• Benny Tai (戴耀廷, One of the founders of the Occupy Central
• Dai Weimin (戴维民, born 1962), People's Liberation Army general
• Day Guey-ing (戴桂英), Deputy Minister of Department of Health of the Republic of China (2012–2013)
• Irving H.C. Tai (戴豪君), Taiwan politician, former Deputy Commissioner of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
• Tai Cheuk-yin (戴卓賢), Hong Kong politician, former chairman of the 123 Democratic Alliance

Sport

• Tai Chao-chih (戴兆智, born 1930), Taiwanese sport shooter
• Dai Guohong (戴国红, born 1977), Chinese swimmer
• Dai Yun (戴韫, born 1977), retired Chinese female badminton player
• Dai Xianrong (戴宪荣, born 1982), China League One footballer
• Dai Lili (戴丽丽, born 1986), Chinese table tennis player
• Dai Lin (戴琳, born 1987), Chinese Super League footballer
• Tai Hung-hsu (戴宏旭, born 1987), Taiwanese football striker
• Dai Xiaoxiang (戴小祥, born 1990), Chinese archer
• Dai Jun (swimmer) (戴骏, born 1992), Chinese swimmer
• Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎, born 1992), Taiwanese badminton player
• Olivia Tai Qing Tong (戴辛彤, born c. 1998), Malaysian rhythmic gymnast

Other

• Wei Dai (戴维), creator of the Bitcoin predecessor "b-money" and developer of the Crypto++ library^{[citation needed]}