Bi (surname)
Bi is a Chinese surname. It is listed 76th in the Song dynasty classic text, the Hundred Family Surnames.
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.
- Originating from Ethnic minorities.
Notable people
- Bi Chunfang, Yue opera singer
- Bi Feiyu, fiction writer
- Bi Fujian, professor and television presenter
- Bi Gui, official during the Three Kingdoms period
- Bi Hongyong, high jumper
- Bi Jingquan, economist and trade official
- Bi Jinhao, football player
- Bi Sheng, inventor of printing technology
- Bi Shiduo, Tang dynasty army officer
- Bi Wenjing, gymnast
- Bi Wenjun, singer and actor, member of NEXT
- Bi Xian, Tang dynasty official
- Bi Xiaoliang, high jumper
- Bi Yan, women's soccer player
- Bi Hansheng, Chinese name adopted by Irish comedian Des Bishop
- Kenneth Bi, Hong Kong-Canadian actor
- Bii (singer), also called Bi Shu-jin, South Korean-born Taiwanese singer
- Tianshu Bi, Chinese electrical engineer