Two-character transliteration:
比 bǐ (Bi-) +
厄 è (-er, with a glottal feel from
厄's open vowel). The Danish director Susanne Bier (Oscar winner for In a Better World, 2010) is the most prominent bearer rendered this way;
比尔 is more typical for English "Bill" / "Bier," so
比厄 reads as the more European choice. The interword apostrophe in pīnyīn (Bǐ'è) marks the syllable break.
