abstract:Liang/ Leung () (Chinese) or Lương (Vietnamese) Yang 양 (Korean) is a surname common in China, Korea and Vietnam. Meaning "a beam", "a bridge", or "an elevation", or "a mast", the surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore) according to its Cantonese pronunciation, or Neo / Nio / Niu (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainan).