▁in ▁Sh and ong ▁and ▁Hen an , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁provinces ▁in ▁the ▁north - east ▁and ▁other ▁areas ▁of ▁China , ▁such ▁as ▁Heil ong ji ang , ▁L ia oning , ▁Heb ei , ▁ ▁Ji ang su , ▁Sh an xi , ▁and ▁J il in . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁roman ized ▁as ▁Ch ui ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁( C anton ese ), ▁Ch oi ▁in ▁Mac ao ▁( C anton ese ) ▁and ▁Malays ia , ▁Ch oi ▁in ▁Korean , ▁Th ô i ▁in ▁Vietnam ese ▁and ▁T so i ▁in ▁C yr ill ic . ▁ ▁Origin ▁One ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁surname ▁came ▁from ▁descend ants ▁of ▁someone ▁who ▁originally ▁held ▁the ▁Ji ang ▁( <0xE5> <0xA7> <0x9C> ) ▁surname ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Q i , ▁founded ▁by ▁Ji ang ▁Z i ya ▁( <0xE5> <0xA7> <0x9C> 子 <0xE7> <0x89> <0x99> ). ▁ ▁A ▁grand son ▁of ▁Ji ang ▁Z i ya ▁named ▁J izi ▁( <0xE5> <0xAD> <0xA3> 子 ), ▁an ▁he ir ▁apparent , ▁chose ▁to ▁rel in qu ish ▁his ▁claim ▁to ▁the ▁throne ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁his ▁brother ▁Sh uy i ▁( <0xE5> <0x8F> <0x94> <0xE4> <0xB9> <0x99> ), ▁and ▁went ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁C ui ▁estate ▁( <0xE5> <0xB4> <0x94> <0xE9> <0x82> <0x91> , ▁in ▁present - day ▁Sh and ong ). ▁ ▁His ▁descend ants ▁later ▁adopted ▁C ui ▁as ▁their ▁surname . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Tang ▁dynast y ▁the ▁Li ▁family ▁of ▁Z ha oj un ▁