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| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Word/name | China Mongolia |
| Meaning | White (color) |
| Region of origin | China |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Pekasa, Pekerti, Peris (Chinese-Indonesian) |
Bái is the pinyin of the surname 白, meaning the colour white.
Origin
- a surname used by descendants of Bai Fu, a minister of the legendary Emperor Yan.
- a surname used by descendants of Bai Gongsheng, the son of a crown prince of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period.
- a surname used by the descendants of a prince named Bai, son of Duke Wu of the state of Qin.
- a surname used by descendants of Duke Mu of Qin.
- a surname used by the Mongols, possibly derived from Borjigin.
- a surname used by the Manchus of Irgen Gioro and Bayara Gioro (a branch of Aisin Gioro).
- during the ancient Tang dynasty in modern-day Yunnan, the Bai people used the surname Bai after their tribe name
- a surname used by the ancient Donghu people.
- a surname used by the ancient people of Kucha (or Qiuci). Kucha was an ancient country located in current Xinjiang province of China.
Alternate spellings
- Mandarin: Bái, Pai
- Taiwan: Pai
- Cantonese (Hong Kong and Macao): Baak6, Pak
- Min Nan (Hokkien (Fujian)/Teochew): Pe̍h, Pe̍k, Peh
- Vietnamese: Bạch
- Korean: Paik, Baik, Baek, Baeg (백) based on the same Chinese letter 白
- Japanese: Bekku, Haku, Hyaku, Byaku
Notable people
- Bai An (白安, 1991-), Taiwanese singer, Manchus
- Bai Chongxi (白崇禧, 1893–1966), Chinese Muslim general of the Republic of China
- Bai Chong'en, 白重恩 Chinese economist
- Pai Hsiao-yen (白曉燕, 1980–1997), Taiwanese teenage idol and victim of a fatal kidnapping
- Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇, 1937-), Chinese Muslim writer
- Bai Jie (白洁, 1972-), Chinese female footballer
- Bai Jing (白静, 1983–2012), Chinese actress
- Bai Juyi (白居易, 772–846), Tang dynasty poet
- Pai Kun-Hong (白昆弘, 1970-), Taiwanese baseball player
- Bai Ling (白灵, 1966-), Chinese-born American actress
- Bai Qi (白起, died 257 BC), Qin general of the Warring States period
- Bai Renfu (白仁甫, 1226–1306), Yuan dynasty playwright
- Bai Shouyi (白寿彝, 1909–2000) (Arabic name: Djamal al-Din Bai Shouyi) Chinese Muslim historian
- Bai Shuxiang (白淑湘, born 1939), Chinese ballet dancer
- Lou Pai (白露龍, 1947-), Chinese-American businessman and former Enron executive
- Bai Wenqi (白文奇, born 1955), Lieutenant general of the PLA Air Force
- Bai Chunli (白春礼, born 1953), Manchus, Chinese physical chemist and nanoscientist, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Peter Pek, chief executive of the World Branding Forum
- Bai Yansong (白岩松, 1968), Chinese host
- Rose Pak (白蘭; 1947–2016) Chinese-born political activist in San Francisco, California
- Michelle Bai (白冰, 1986) is a Chinese actress and singer
- Bai Jingting (白敬亭, 1993) Chinese Actor
- Peh Thian Hui (白添辉), Singaporean convicted rapist
柏
- Bai Jiajun (柏佳骏; 1991) is a Chinese football player
- Bai Wenwei (柏文蔚; 1876–1947), KMT General, Governor of Anhui Province, Advisor to Presidential Palace, Chairman Anhui Provincial Government, KMT Central Party Committee, and Central Executive Committee
- Bai Xiaolei (柏小磊; 1985-) is a Chinese football player born in Dalian
- Bai Yan (柏衍; 1989-) is a Chinese male tennis player born in Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Penname: Bo Yang (柏楊; 1920 – 2008), was a Taiwanese poet, essayist and historian, real name Guo Dingsheng (郭定生)
拜
- Pai Tzu-li, (拜自立) Chinese Muslim General of the Republic of China
As part of a stagename/pseudonym
- Bai Guang (白光 stagename) (1921–1999), birth name Shi Yongfen (史永芬) movie star and singer
Korean
- Helen Pai,[citation needed] American television writer, director, and producer
See also
- Tommaso Bai or Baj (1636–1714), Italian composer WP:it
- Alfredo Bai (1913–1980), Italian sculptor
- Matt Bai (1968-), American political columnist
- Marcus Bai (1972-), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
- Alison Bai (born 1990), Australian tennis player.
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