Pei

¹ American  

[pey] / peɪ /

noun

1. I(eoh) M(ing) 1917–2019, U.S. architect, born in China.

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P.E.I. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Prince Edward Island.

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Pei ¹ British  

/ peɪ /

noun

1. I ( eoh ) M ( ing ). born 1917, US architect, born in China. His buildings include the E wing of the National Museum of Art, Washington DC (1978), a glass and steel pyramid at the Louvre, Paris (1989), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, USA (1995)

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PEI ² British  

abbreviation

1. Prince Edward Island

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Example Sentences

Pei Chung, 35, has been arrested and banned from restaurants at least seven times since late October, according to police records.

From BBC

Rui Pei is a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab.

From The Wall Street Journal

While Mr. Adjaye quotes freely from the work of Pei and Kahn, one has the unhappy sense that something essential is missing.

From The Wall Street Journal

The temperature problem is most starkly felt in the pyramid of architect Ieoh Ming Pei, which was designed to cope with four million annual visitors but today faces more than double that.

From BBC

Pei’s East Wing, whose atrium alone is likely to boost a visitor’s daily step count.

From New York Times