Mao
Common Chinese surname
Mao Zedong was the founding leader of the People's Republic of China, ruling from 1949 until his death in 1976.
His name attaches to Maoism, a revolutionary communist ideology emphasizing peasant-based revolution and perpetual class struggle.
Mao suits are the high-collared jackets he popularized.
His image remains ubiquitous in China—on currency, portraits, and memorabilia.
Head of a board
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
- People's RepublicCommunist state's formal name
- founderOne who begins something
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
Great Leap Forward · Cultural Revolution · Little Red Book · Long March · Tiananmen · ideology · cult of personality · land reform
Printed wall advertisements
- slogansCatchy promotional catchphrases
- Little Red BookChinese communist thought compilation
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- portraitsImages of specific people
red sun · personality cult · quotations · mass rallies · political campaigns · red guards · indoctrination · badges
High-ranking government official
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- pinyinChinese-to-alphabet conversion system
- toneQuality of sound
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
romanization · simplified · traditional · hanzi · meaning · etymology · homophone · transliteration
Hereditary portion of identity
- common nameOrdinary everyday designation
- romanizationScript-to-alphabet conversion process
- pinyinChinese-to-alphabet conversion system
- given namePersonal name from birth
chairman
Head of a board
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
- People's RepublicCommunist state's formal name
- founderOne who begins something
revolutionary · Great Leap Forward · Cultural Revolution · Little Red Book · Long March · Tiananmen · ideology · cult of personality · land reform · collectivization
posters
Printed wall advertisements
- slogansCatchy promotional catchphrases
- Little Red BookChinese communist thought compilation
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
portraits · red sun · personality cult · quotations · mass rallies · political campaigns · red guards · indoctrination · badges · statues
Mandarin
High-ranking government official
pronunciation · romanization · simplified · traditional · hanzi · meaning · etymology · homophone · transliteration
family name
Hereditary portion of identity
- common nameOrdinary everyday designation
- romanizationScript-to-alphabet conversion process
- pinyinChinese-to-alphabet conversion system
- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- World LeadersChurchill, Winston Churchill, Eisenhower, Gorbachev, Thatcher
- 20th Century IconsEinstein, Churchill, Gandhi, Hitler, FDR
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Asian LeadersXi Jinping, Gandhi, Nehru, Hirohito, Emperor Meiji
- CommunistsMarx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky
Margaret Thatcher · Milton Friedman · Ayn Rand · Adam Smith · Deng Xiaoping
John F. Kennedy · Richard Nixon · Harry Truman · Winston Churchill · Charles de Gaulle
George Washington · Thomas Jefferson · democrat · constitutionalist · Mahatma Gandhi
- Mao Zedong
- Mao Tse-tung
- Mao suitChinese high-collared uniform
- Mao jacketsChinese political uniform garments