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Chinese
Etymology
Earliest extant attestations are in the Book of Rites and Lost Book of Zhou:
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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貔
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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pí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ bjij ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ij/
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English
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kind of wild cat
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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貔
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貅
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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527
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13920
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Phonetic component
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比
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休
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Rime group
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脂
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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𣬈
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休
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Old Chinese
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/*bi/
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/*qʰu/
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Noun
貔貅
- (Chinese mythology) pixiu, a mythical horned animal that is believed to bring luck
- (figurative) fierce warrior
Synonyms
See also
Adjective
貔貅
- (Cantonese) naughty; mischievous
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
貔貅 • (hikyū) ←ひきう (fikiu)?
- (Chinese mythology) pixiu, a mythical horned animal that is believed to bring luck
- (figurative) fierce warrior
References
Korean
Noun
貔貅 • (bihyu) (hangeul 비휴)
- hanja form? of 비휴 (“pixiu”)
Vietnamese
Noun
貔貅
- chữ Hán form of tỳ hưu (“pixiu”).