Bei (surname)
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| Bei (贝/貝) | |
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| Pronunciation | Bèi (Mandarin) |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
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| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
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| Variant(s) | Pei |
Bei is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 贝 in simplified Chinese and 貝 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized Pei in Wade–Giles. Bei is listed 110th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[2]
Notable people
- Bei Jinquan (贝锦泉; 1831–1890), Qing dynasty general
- Bei Shizhang (1903–2009), "Father of Chinese Biophysics"
- I. M. Pei (born 1917), Chinese-American architect
- Peggy Lam, née Pei Yu-dja (born 1928), Hong Kong politician, niece of I.M. Pei
