Pi (surname)

For the surname romanized Pi in Wade–Giles, see Bi (surname).
Pi (皮)
Pronunciation Pí (Mandarin)
Pei (Cantonese)
Language(s) Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s) P'i

Pi is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized P'i in Wade–Giles, and Pei in Cantonese. Pi is listed 85th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[2]

Notable people

References

  1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. 中国最新300大姓排名(2008) [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
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