Bei (surname)

Updated on Oct 12, 2024

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Pronunciation Bèi (Mandarin) Language(s) Old Chinese		Language(s) Chinese 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. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.

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

References

Bei (surname) Wikipedia

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