贝聿铭

貝聿銘

Bèi Yùmíng

proper noun

Meanings

1 I. M. Pei (1917–2019), Chinese-American architect of the Louvre Pyramid

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

贝聿铭的老家在苏州，他快九十岁时，还为家乡设计了苏州博物馆。

Bèi Yùmíng de lǎojiā zài Sūzhōu, tā kuài jiǔshí suì shí, hái wèi jiāxiāng shèjì le Sūzhōu Bówùguǎn.

I. M. Pei's family came from Suzhou, and when he was nearly ninety he designed the Suzhou Museum for his home town.

HSK 7-9

卢浮宫的玻璃金字塔是贝聿铭设计的。

Lúfúgōng de bōli jīnzìtǎ shì Bèi Yùmíng shèjì de.

The glass pyramid of the Louvre was designed by I. M. Pei.

Tips

culture

He won the Pritzker Prize, the top award in architecture, in 1983. His other buildings include the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, 中银大厦.

mistakes

聿 is read yù. It is an old word for a writing brush, and it forms the top of 书 in its traditional form 書.

Stroke Order

贝 bèi

聿 yù

铭 míng