畀

Translingual

Han character

畀 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 田一中 (WML), four-corner 6022₁, composition ⿱田丌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 759, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2530, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7540

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 畀
Shang	Western Zhou	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Transcribed ancient scripts

In the oracle bone script, it was a pictogram (象形) of an arrow with a flat arrowhead (cf. 矢, an arrow) – original character of 錍 (OC *pʰeː, *pe, “arrow with a flat arrowhead”).

In the bronze script, a dot was added to the centre, which later became a short line. The bottom of the glyph eventually corrupted into 廾 or 丌. On the basis of the latter shape, Shuowen erroneously interprets the character as a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pids) : phonetic 甶 (OC *pɯd) + semantic 丌 (“pedestal”).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-bəj-n/k (“to give”). Cognate with Tibetan སྦྱིན (sbyin, “to give, to bestow”), Burmese ပေး (pe:, “to give”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

畀

1. (literary or Cantonese) to give

   • 王崩，周人將畀虢公政。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王崩，周人将畀虢公政。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wáng bēng, zhōu rén jiāng bì Guó Gōng zhèng.

     The king (of Zhou) has died. The people of Zhou will give power to the Duke of Guo.

   • 1853, “序言”, in 遐邇貫珍 [Chinese Serial], volume 1, number 1:

     上帝創造斯世、各國咸畀以境土 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上帝创造斯世、各国咸畀以境土 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     soeng⁶ dai³ cong³ zou⁶ si¹ sai³, gok³ gwok³ haam⁴ bei² ji⁵ ging² tou²

     God created this world; all the countries are given their territories

   畀三張紙我。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   畀三张纸我。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   bei² saam¹ zoeng¹ zi² ngo⁵.

   Give me three sheets of paper.

2. (Cantonese, dated) to use
3. (Cantonese, dated or uncommon) to add

   畀啲鹽／畀啲盐 [Cantonese]  ―  bei² di¹ jim⁴   ―  to add some salt

   畀油 [Cantonese]  ―  bei² jau^4-2   ―  to accelerate (a vehicle) (literally, “to add fuel”)

4. (Cantonese) to pay

   See also: 畀錢

   畀入場費／畀入场费 [Cantonese]  ―  bei² jap⁶ coeng⁴ fai³   ―  to pay the entrance fee

5. (Cantonese) to allow; to let

   老師唔畀我哋上緊堂嗰時飲水。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   老师唔畀我哋上紧堂嗰时饮水。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lou⁵ si¹ m⁴ bei² ngo⁵ dei⁶ soeng⁵ gan² tong⁴ go² si⁴ jam² seoi².

   The teacher doesn't let us drink water during class.

6. (Cantonese) for

   原先係畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   原先系畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jyun⁴ sin¹ hai⁶ bei² nei⁵ sik⁶ ge³.

   It was originally for you to eat.

7. (Cantonese) to

   講畀你知／讲畀你知 [Cantonese]  ―  gong² bei² nei⁵ zi¹   ―  to tell you

   送份禮物畀老師 [Cantonese, trad.]
   送份礼物畀老师 [Cantonese, simp.]

   sung³ fan⁶ lai⁵ mat⁶ bei² lou⁵ si¹

   to give the teacher a present

8. (Cantonese) by

   我畀蚊咬呀。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   ngo⁵ bei² man¹ ngaau⁵ aa³.

   I got bitten by a mosquito.

   我隻錶畀人偷咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我只表畀人偷咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ zek³ biu¹ bei² jan⁴ tau¹ zo².

   My watch has been stolen (by someone).

Usage notes

• In Cantonese, when 畀 is used as a ditransitive verb meaning “to give”, the indirect object usually follows the direct object.
• In a passive-voice sentence in Cantonese, 畀 is always followed by an object and not a verb, unlike Mandarin 被 (bèi) which can be followed by an object or a verb. 人 (jan4) can be used as a dummy object when the doer is not specified.

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

畀

1. (Wu) Alternative form of 撥／拨 (“to give; to allow; for; to; by”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

畀

1. (Taiwanese Hakka) Contraction of 分佢.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to give

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: あたえるもの (ataerumono)

Compounds

• 畀予(ひよ) (hiyo)

Korean

Hanja

畀 (eum 비 (bi))

1. to give

Vietnamese

Han character

畀: Hán Nôm readings: tý

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