Bi (surname)
| Bi | |||||||||
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 The simplified Character for Bi | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 畢 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 毕 | ||||||||
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Bi (traditional Chinese: 畢; simplified Chinese: 毕; pinyin: Bì; Wade–Giles: Pi) is a Chinese surname. It is listed 76th in the Song dynasty classic text, the Hundred Family Surnames.[1]
Origin
- Deriving from the surname Ji, King Wen of Zhou's fifteenth son Bi Gonggao was given the title of Bi, his descendants then used the surname Bi.[2]
- Originating from Ethnic minorities.
Notable people
- Bi Chunfang (1927–2016), Yue opera singer
- Bi Feiyu (born 1964), fiction writer
- Bi Fujian (born 1959), professor and television presenter
- Bi Gui (died 249), official during the Three Kingdoms period
- Bi Hongyong (born 1974), high jumper
- Bi Jingquan (born 1955), economist and trade official
- Bi Jinhao (born 1991), football player
- Bi Sheng (990–1051), inventor of printing technology
- Bi Shiduo (died 888), Tang dynasty army officer
- Bi Wenjing (born 1981), gymnast
- Bi Wenjun (born 1997), singer and actor, member of NEXT
- Bi Xian (802–864), Tang dynasty official
- Bi Xiaoliang (born 1992), high jumper
- Bi Yan (born 1984), women's soccer player
- Bi Hansheng, Chinese name adopted by Irish comedian Des Bishop (born 1975)
- Kenneth Bi, Hong Kong-Canadian actor
- Bii (singer) (born 1989), also called Bi Shu-jin, South Korean-born Taiwanese singer
- Tianshu Bi (Chinese: 毕天姝, born 1973), Chinese electrical engineer
References
- ^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
- ^ 《通志·氏族略》、《新唐书·宰相世系表》均有記載.