Bo (surname)

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Bo (薄) is a Mandarin Chinese surname and Bo is an Italian_name#Surnames also. [cite web|publisher=wikipedia.org |url=http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/BO#Persone |title=Bo persone |accessdate= 2008-08-29]

Its Pinyin translitteration is bó.

The character stands for :
* A qualificative verb meaning "to be thin", "to be small", "to be light"
* A qualificative verb meaning "to be ungenerous", "to be unlikeable"
* A verb meaning "to disdain", "to scorn", "to overlook"
* A verb meaning "to come close to", "to be about to"

People

* Empress Dowager Bo (died 155 BC) of the Han Dynasty
* Empress Bo (died 147 BC) of the Han Dynasty
* Bo Xilai (薄熙来; pinyin: Bó Xīlái; pronounced Beuh Shy'ii-lie) (born 1949), CPC Chongqing Committee Secretary
* Bo Yibo (薄一波;1908 – 2007), Chinese politician
* Carlo Bo (1911 – 2001), Italian politician and IULM foundator [cite web|publisher=wikipedia.org |url=http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/IULM |title=Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM |accessdate= 2008-08-29]

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