呸

Translingual

Han character

呸 (radical 30 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口一火一 (RMFM), four-corner 6101₉, composition ⿰口丕)

1. expression of reprimand

References

• KangXi: page 183, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3462
• Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 599, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5478

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Cantonese

Hanzi

呸 (Yale pei1)

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Japanese

Kanji

呸

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)

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Korean

Hanja

呸 (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
呸

Etymology

• 口 kǒu ("mouth") + 丕 pī (phonetic)

Hanzi

呸 (pinyin pēi (pei1), Wade-Giles p'ei¹)

Interjection

呸 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin pēi)

1. (strong, offensive) bah!; ugh!

   呸！我才不在乎你生不生氣呢。 (trad.)

   呸！我才不在乎你生不生气呢。 (simp.)

   pēi! wǒ cái bù zàihu nǐ shēng bù shēngqì ne

   Bah! I don't care if you're angry.

Usage notes

The Chinese usage carries a generally stronger offensive or antagonistic connotation than the corresponding interjection bah or similar in English.

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Vietnamese

Han character

呸 (phi, bậy, phôi)