庇
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Translingual
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Han character
庇 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈心心 (IPP) or 難戈心心 (XIPP), four-corner 00211, composition ⿸广比)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 343, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9239
- Dae Jaweon: page 653, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 874, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5E87
Chinese
| trad. | 庇 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 庇 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 梐 | *piː, *biːʔ |
| 狴 | *piː |
| 悂 | *piː, *pʰi |
| 螕 | *piː |
| 鎞 | *piː |
| 蓖 | *piː |
| 篦 | *piː, *bis |
| 批 | *pʰiː |
| 砒 | *pʰiː |
| 鈚 | *pʰiː, *bi |
| 磇 | *pʰiː |
| 媲 | *pʰiːs |
| 笓 | *biː |
| 膍 | *biː, *bi |
| 陛 | *biːʔ |
| 仳 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ |
| 吡 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ |
| 紕 | *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ |
| 比 | *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ |
| 妣 | *piʔ, *pis |
| 秕 | *piʔ |
| 沘 | *piʔ, *bi |
| 枇 | *piʔ, *bi, *bis |
| 粊 | *pris |
| 庇 | *pis |
| 屁 | *pʰis |
| 琵 | *bi |
| 毗 | *bi |
| 貔 | *bi |
| 豼 | *bi |
| 蚍 | *bi |
| 芘 | *bi, *bis |
| 肶 | *bi |
| 魮 | *bi |
| 阰 | *bi |
| 坒 | *bis, *biɡ |
| 玭 | *bin |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pis) : semantic 广 (“house that is built to depend on a cliff”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): bi̿ / bṳ̿
- Eastern Min (BUC): bé
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5phi
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pi3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bì
- Wade–Giles: pi4
- Yale: bì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
- Palladius: би (bi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pì
- Wade–Giles: pʻi4
- Yale: pì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
- Palladius: пи (pi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bei3
- Yale: bei
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei3
- Guangdong Romanization: béi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pei̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: bei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pei³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi
- Hakka Romanization System: bi
- Hagfa Pinyim: bi4
- Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bi̿ / bṳ̿
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi³³/, /py³³/
- (Jian'ou)
Note:
- bi̿ - literary;
- bṳ̿ - vernacular (“to bury”).
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: bé
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɛi²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: pi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi⁴¹/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: pjijH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*pij/, /*pij-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*pis/
Definitions
庇
Usage notes
Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation pì.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 埋 (“to bury”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 埋 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 埋 |
| Taiwan | 埋 | |
| Singapore | 埋 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 埋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 埋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 埋 |
| Wuhan | 埋 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 埋 |
| Hefei | 埋 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 埋, 壅 |
| Hong Kong | 埋, 壅 | |
| Yangjiang | 埋 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 埋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 埋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 埋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 庇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 埋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 坮, 埋 |
| Quanzhou | 坮 | |
| Zhangzhou | 坮 | |
| Tainan | 坮 | |
| Chaozhou | 坮, 䃭 | |
| Shantou | 坮, 䃭 | |
| Jieyang | 坮, 䃭 | |
| Leizhou | 坮 | |
| Haikou | 坮 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 埋 |
| Wenzhou | 塸 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 埋 |
| Shuangfeng | 埋, 聾 | |
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
庇
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
庇 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)
- cover, shield, shelter, protect
Vietnamese
Han character
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