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Bei (surname)

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Pronunciation
  
Bèi (Mandarin)

Language(s)
  
Old Chinese

Language(s)
  
Chinese

Variant(s)
  
Pei

Bei (surname)

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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