Bei may refer to: *

North North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography. Etymology T ...

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Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

: ''běi'') in Chinese placenames * Chinese stelae (, ''bēi'') *

Bei River Bei River (北江; literally "The North River"; pinyin: ''Běi Jiāng''; wade-giles: ''Pei3 Chiang1''; jyutping: ''Bak1 Gong1'', literally "North River") is the northern tributary of the Pearl River in southern China. The other two main trib ...

, a tributary of the Pearl River in southern China *

Bei (surname) Bèi is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as ...

(贝/貝), a Chinese surname * (''mathematics'') bei, a Kelvin function *

Yelü Bei Yelü Bei () (899'' History of Liao'', vol. 72. – January 7, 937''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 280.Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter), also known as Yelü Tuyu (耶律突欲 or 耶律圖欲), posthumously honored Emperor Wenxian Q ...

(899–937), Khitan prince (Yelü being his clan name)

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