Bo (Chinese surname)
Bo is a Chinese family name. The transcription is possibly a. for the following Chinese characters:
薄, 伯, 柏, 波
The Wade-Giles system transcription is Po.
Well-known namesake ( 薄 )
- Bo ( 薄 , Bó ) family name given by Emperor Han Huandi to his concubine Liang Mengnü because he did not like her family name
- Bo Huanghou ( 薄 皇后 , Bò Huánghòu ) Empress Bo, died 147 BC BC, first wife of Emperor Jing
- Bo Yibo ( 薄一波 , Bó Yībō ) * February 17, 1908; † January 15, 2007; Chinese politician
- Bo Xilai ( 薄熙来 , Bó Xīlái ) * July 3, 1949; Politician, former member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party
Well-known namesake ( 柏 )
- Bo Yang ( 柏楊 , Băi Yáng , Băi Yang ) pseudonym of the writer Guo Libang (Taiwan)
Well-known namesake ( 波 )
- Bo Cai ( 波 才 ) died in AD 184; Character from Luo Guanzhong's classic novel The Tale of the Three Kingdoms , Rebel General of the Yellow Turban