Bei (surname) explained

Bèi (贝/貝)
Pronunciation:	Bèi (Mandarin)
Language:	Chinese
Language origin:	Old Chinese
Variant:	Pei
Derivative:	Sudarto (Indonesian)

Bèi is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in simplified Chinese and 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 (Bei Yuming, 1917–2019), Chinese-American architect
• Peggy Lam (Bei Yujia, born 1928), Hong Kong politician
• Pui Kwan Kay (Bei Junqi; 貝鈞奇; born 1951), Hong Kong businessman
• Bei Ling (貝嶺, born 1959), Chinese poet

Fictional characters

• Bei Weiwei, a character in Love O2O

Notes and References

1. Web site: 百家姓 . Hundred Family Surnames . Guoxue . Chinese . 2014-09-25.
2. Web site: http://www.taiwan.cn/zppd/XSDG/200901/t20090106_811068.htm . zh:中国最新300大姓排名（2008）. 300 most common surnames in China (2008) . Taiwan.cn . Chinese . 2009-01-06 . 2014-09-25.