| 刘 | liú | surname Liu |
| 刘少奇 | Liú Shào qí | Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution |
| 刘备 | Liú Bèi | Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty |
| 刘邦 | Liú Bāng | Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) |
| 刘裕 | Liú yù | Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wudi of Song 宋武帝 |
| 刘宋 | Liú Sòng | Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing |
| 刘安 | Liú Ān | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子 |
| 刘表 | Liú Biǎo | Liu Biao (142-208), warlord |
| 刘伯温 | Liú Bó wēn | Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius; also called Liu Ji 刘基 |
| 刘光第 | Liú Guāng dì | Liu Guangdi, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 |
| 刘公岛 | Liú gōng dǎo | Liugong island in the Yellow sea |
| 刘剑峰 | Liú Jiàn fēng | Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan |
| 刘厚总 | Liú Hòu zǒng | Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变 |
| 刘基 | Liú Jī | Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius |
| 刘天华 | Liú Tiān huá | Liu T'ien-hua |
| 刘奭 | Liú Shì | Liu Shi, personal name of Han Emperor Yuandi 汉元帝 |
| 刘姥姥进大观园 | Liú lǎo lao jìn Dà guān yuán | Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens; (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings |
| 刘宋时代 | Liú Sòng shí dài | Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing |
| 刘家夼 | Liú jiā kuǎng | Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平区, Yantai, Shandong |
| 刘家夼镇 | Liú jiā kuǎng zhèn | Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平区, Yantai, Shandong |
| 刘家村 | Liú jiā cūn | Liujia village in Zhangdian district 张店区 of Zhibo city 淄博市, Shandong |
| 刘家辉 | Liú Jiā huī | Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor |
| 刘德华 | Liú Dé huá | Andy Lau |
| 刘心武 | Liú Xīn wǔ | Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist |
| 刘恒 | Liú Héng | Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 汉文帝; Liu Heng (1954-), novelist, author of The damned grain 狗日的粮食 |
| 刘昫 | Liú Xù | Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 后晋, compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 旧唐书 |
| 刘晓波 | Liú Xiǎo bō | Liu Xiaobo (1955-), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八宪章, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010 |
| 刘毅 | Liú Yì | Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 (265-316); Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 东晋 (317-420) |
| 刘海 | liú hǎi | bangs or fringes of hair |
| 刘涓子 | Liú Juān zǐ | Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions |
| 刘涓子鬼遗方 | Liú Juān zǐ guǐ yí fāng | Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黄父鬼 |
| 刘渊 | Liú Yuān | Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成汉 (304-347) |
| 刘熙 | Liú Xī | Liu Xi (late Han, fl. 180), author of etymological dictionary 释名 |
| 刘禅 | Liú Chán | Liu Chan 刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 |
| 刘禹锡 | Liú Yǔ xī | Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet |
| 刘翔 | Liú Xiáng | Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games |
| 刘贵今 | Liú Guì jīn | Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue |
| 刘宾雁 | Liú Bīn yàn | Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer |
| 刘金宝 | Liú Jīn bǎo | Liu Jinbao |
| 刘云山 | Liú Yún shān | Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC career politician, background in journalism in inner Mongolia, from 2002 head of party Central Propaganda Section 中央宣传部 |
| 刘青云 | Liú qīng yún | Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor |
| 刘鹗 | Liú È | Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老残游记 |
| 宋武帝刘裕 | Sòng wǔ dì Liú yù | Liu Yu, founder of Southern dynasty Song 刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420 |
| 汉文帝刘恒 | Hàn wén dì Liú héng | Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC |
| 汉高祖刘邦 | Hàn Gāo zǔ Liú Bāng | Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), first Han emperor, reigned 207-195 BC |
