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Translingual
Han character
屁 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸心心 (SPP ), four-corner 77211 , composition ⿸尸 比 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 300 , character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7654
Dae Jaweon: page 597, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 966, character 12
Unihan data for U+5C41
Chinese
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屁 (Written Standard Chinese? ) 屁 (Cantonese) phùi (Southern Min) 屁 (Wu)
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 *pʰis ) : semantic 尸 ( “ body ” ) + phonetic 比 ( OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ) .
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pja-n/t/s ( “ fart; shit ” ) . Cognate with Tibetan ཕྱེན ( phyen ) , འཕྱེན ( 'phyen , “ flatulence ” ) , Jingpho hpyet ( “ to fart ” ) .
Pronunciation
Note :
pói - colloquial;
pé - literary.
Note :
phùi - colloquial;
phì - literary.
Note :
pui3 - colloquial;
pi6 - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
屁
Reading #
1/1
No.
524
Phonetic component
比
Rime group
脂
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
屁
Old Chinese
/*pʰis/
Notes
山 海 經 作 米 旁 費
Definitions
屁
( colloquial ) flatulence ; fart (Classifier : 篤 / 笃 c )
放屁 ― fàngpì ― to fart; to bullshit
( colloquial ) buttocks ; backside
馬屁 / 马屁 ― mǎpì ― horse's backside; flattery
狗屁 ― gǒupì ― dog's backside; nonsense; worthless thing; bullshit
屁 眼 ― pì yǎn ― anus; asshole
( colloquial ) to fart ; to pass gas
屁 者先知 ― pì zhěxiānzhī ― The farter is usually the first to realise (and complain about the fart).
( vulgar ) rubbish ; worthless ; useless ; insignificant ; trivial
屁 話/ 屁 话 ― pì huà ― nonsense
屁 事 ― pì shì ― trivial thing
( vulgar , chiefly in the negative ) a damn thing ; (no)thing ; damn all ; jack shit ; bugger all
他 屁 都 不是 。 ― Tā pì dōu bùshì. ― He is an absolute shit .
你 懂 個屁 !/ 你 懂 个屁 ! ― Nǐ dǒng ge pì ! ― You know jack shit !
關 我 屁 事 !/ 关 我 屁 事 ! ― Guān wǒ pì shì! ― Like I give a damn !
( vulgar , negates the meaning of the sentence) like hell /like fuck ; my ass ; your ass ; damn all /bugger all /fuck all
你 有 屁 用 ! ― Nǐ yǒu pì yòng! ― You are of fuck all use!
吃 屁 飯 啊 !/ 吃 屁 饭 啊 ! ― Chī pì fàn a! ― Fuck having a meal!/Have fuck-all meal!
道 個 屁 歉 !/ 道 个 屁 歉 ! ― Dào ge pì qiàn! ― Apologize my ass !
Synonyms
( flatulence ) : ( slang, humorous ) 原子彈 / 原子弹 (yuánzǐdàn ); ( Hakka ) 屁卵
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
屁
(Hyōgai kanji )
flatulence , fart
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
屁 ( he ) : an illustration of someone letting out a fart at a 河童 ( kappa ) .
Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pe ( “ flatus, fart ” ) , itself likely an onomatopoeia ; compare Middle Chinese 屁 (MC phjijH ).
First cited to the Shinsen Jikyō , c. 898-901 CE .[ 1]
Pronunciation
Noun
屁( へ ) • (he )
( mildly vulgar ) flatulence , fart
Synonym: おなら ( onara )
Derived terms
屁( へ ) をこく ( he o koku , “ to squeeze out a fart ” )
屁( へ ) をひる ( he o hiru , “ to let out a fart ” )
References
^ “屁 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
屁 • (bi ) (hangeul 비 , revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
屁 : Hán Nôm readings: thí
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