Bai (surname)

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Bai is the Chinese surname 白, written in pinyin as Bái. It means the color white. The name originated in China and is also found in Mongolia. In different dialects it is pronounced in various ways: Baak (Hong Kong Cantonese), Pha̍k or Pag (Hakka), Pe̍h/Pe̍eh/Pe̍k/Pia̍k (Hokkien), Bêh (Teochew), and Bái in Mandarin. In Vietnamese it is Bạch. There are also variant forms and related names in other languages, such as Fatimah, Pekasa, Pekerti, Peris, Purnomo, and Wongsorejo (Indonesian).