# Dai (surname)

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.

## Meanings of the character

* Apply items to the person's head, face, neck, hand, etc.
* Respect, esteem, or support.

## 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
* Katherine Tai (戴琪, born 1974), United States Trade Representative, March 18 2021-present

### 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