批

批 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手心心 (QPP), four-corner 5101₀, composition ⿰扌比)

• 𫵫

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 419, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11845
• Dae Jaweon: page 766, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1835, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6279

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰiː): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

“to pare”

𠜱 (pī) is sometimes treated as the 本字 (běnzì, “original character”).

“pie”

Borrowed from English pie.

“pipe”

Borrowed from English pipe.

“vulva; cunt”

From the Sichuanese pronunciation of 屄 (pi1).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

批

1. to slap
2. (obsolete) to attack; to offend
3. (obsolete) to eliminate; to discard
4. to cut (into thin slices), peel, or shape with a knife or blade; to pare: to peel , to sharpen , etc.

   批蘋果／批苹果 [Cantonese]  ―  pai¹ ping⁴ gwo²   ―  to peel an apple

5. (Cantonese) to plaster
6. (Cantonese) to hit with diagonal or horizontal motion
7. to make comments and criticisms (to an inferior from a superior, regarding a submitted report, essay, etc.)
8. (literary, or in compounds) comment; annotation; criticism
9. to judge
10. to criticize
11. to approve
12. (Cantonese) to guess; to predict
13. (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Puxian Min) letter (written or printed communication) (Classifier: 張／张 mn; 封 mn)
    • 1991, “故鄉一封信”, 詹雅雯 (lyrics), 潁川 (music), performed by 詹雅雯:

      手提紙筆趕緊要寫一張批　安慰媽媽講阮在外一切沒問題 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
      手提纸笔赶紧要写一张批　安慰妈妈讲阮在外一切没问题 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

      chhiú the̍h chóa-pit kóaⁿ-kín beh siá chi̍t tiuⁿ phe, an-ùi má-mah kóng gún chāi-gōa it-chhè bô būn-tê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

      With paper and a pen in my hand, I hurried to write a letter, comforting Mom, saying that everything is alright away from home.

14. (Teochew) letter from a foreign country
15. to sell at wholesale
16. Classifier for batches, groups, lots, etc (of merchandises).
17. (colloquial) fibres of cotton, flax, etc. ready to be drawn and twisted
18. (Cantonese) pie

    雞批／鸡批 [Cantonese]  ―  gai¹ pai¹   ―  chicken pie

    蘋果批／苹果批 [Cantonese]  ―  ping⁴ gwo² pai¹   ―  apple pie

    See also: 餡餅

19. (Cantonese) screwdriver (Classifier: 支 c)

    電批／电批 [Cantonese]  ―  din⁶ pai¹   ―  electric screwdriver

20. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) pipe

    死氣批／死气批 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  sei² hei³ pai¹   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

21. (Southwestern Mandarin, Internet slang, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of 屄 (bī).

    牛批  ―  niúpī  ―  Alternative form of 牛屄 (niúbī)

    原批  ―  yuán pī  ―  (derogatory) Genshin Impact player

• (comment): 批語／批语 (pīyǔ), 批註／批注 (pīzhù)
• (batch):

• (letter):

• (screwdriver):

• (pie): (Mandarin) 派 (pài)

• (to pare): 削 (xiāo), 刨 (páo), 鉋／刨 (paau2)

• “Entry #3209”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. criticism

• Go-on: はい (hai)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kan’yō-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: うつ (utsu, 批つ)

批 • (bi, byeol) (hangeul 비, 별)

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批: Hán Việt readings: phi
批: Nôm readings: phê, phe, phây

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)