Catalan: topographic name from pi ‘pine tree’, or
habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this
word.Chinese : from a character in the
personal name of Fan Zhongpi, son of Wen Wang, the virtuous duke whose
magnanimous rule led to the establishment of the Zhou dynasty in 1122
bc. Generations later, a branch of his descendants adopted
the second character of his given name, Pi, as their surname.Chinese: see Bi.
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