Phùng
Encyclopedia
Phùng is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Feng in Chinese
and Pung in Korean
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Phung is the anglicized variation of the surname Phùng.
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
and Pung in Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
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Phung is the anglicized variation of the surname Phùng.
Notable people with the surname Phùng
- Phùng HưngPhùng HungPhùng Hưng was a military leader who briefly reigned over Vietnam during the 8th century.According to Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư , Phùng Hưng, a native of Đường Lâm , was rich and possessed prodigious physical strength. In 791, Phùng Hưng and his brother, Phùng Hải, led a rebellion against the...
- Phung Khac KhoanPhung Khac KhoanPhùng Khắc Khoan , known as Trang Bung, was a noted 16th-century Vietnamese military strategist, politician, diplomat and poet during the Lê Dynasty....
- Phùng Quang ThanhPhùng Quang ThanhPhùng Quang Thanh is currently Vietnam's minister of defense and is ranked as the No. 2 leader in the country's Communist Party."", BaoOnline.vn, January 20, 2011. Includes pictures of the entire leadership. He is an officer of the Vietnam People's Army and a member of the Politburo of the...
, an officer of the Vietnam People's Army - Le Ly Hayslip (born Phung Thi Lệ Lý)
- Phung Thi ChinhPhung Thi ChinhPhùng Thị Chính was a Vietnamese noblewoman who fought alongside the Trưng sisters in order to repel Han invaders from Vietnam in 43 CE. She was pregnant at the time, and was in charge of protecting the central flank. Legend says she gave birth on the front lines and carried her newborn in one arm...