Pi (surname)
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| Pronunciation | Pí (Mandarin) Pei (Cantonese) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese |
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| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
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| Variant form(s) | P'i |
Pi is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 皮 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] According to a 2008 study, it was not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[2] However a 2013 study found that it was the 279th most common name, being shared by 229,000 people or 0.017% of the population, with the province with the most people being Hunan.
Notable people
- Pi Rixiu (ca. 834–883), Tang dynasty poet
- Pi Guangye (877–943), chancellor of the Wuyue Kingdom
- Pi Xirui (皮錫瑞; 1850–1908), Qing dynasty Confucianist
- Pi Zongshi (1887–1967), President of Hunan University
- Ignatius Pi Shushi (1897–1978), archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang
- Pi Dingjun (皮定钧; 1914–1976), PLA lieutenant general
- Pi Hongyan (born 1979), Chinese-born French badminton player
References
- ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ 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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