贝聿铭 Traditional form: 貝聿銘 Pinyin (reading): Bèi Yùmíng Definitions: Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect Characters: 贝 - sea shell; money, currency 聿 - writing brush, pencil; thereupon 铭 - to engrave, to inscribe Traditional characters: 貝 - sea shell; money, currency 聿 - writing brush, pencil; thereupon 銘 - to engrave, to inscribe