俾

俾 U+4FFE, 俾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FFE ← 俽 [U+4FFD] CJK Unified Ideographs 俿 → [U+4FFF]

Translingual

Han character

俾 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人竹田十 (OHWJ) or 人竹竹十 (OHHJ), four-corner 2624₀, composition ⿰亻卑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 106, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 740
• Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 180, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4FFE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		俾

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phì / pí / pī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³
    • Yale: bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei²
    • Yale: béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì / pí / pī
    • Tâi-lô: phì / pí / pī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phix, pie, pi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²¹/, /pi⁵³/, /pi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹/, /pi⁵⁵⁴/, /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi²¹/, /pi⁵³/, /pi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi¹¹/, /pi⁵³/, /pi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²¹/, /pi⁴¹/, /pi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjeX

Rime
Character	俾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	并弭切
Baxter	pjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/pjeX/
Wang Li	/pǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2

Definitions

俾

1. (literary, formal) in order to; so that; so as to; therefore; thus; thereby
2. ^† Original form of 裨 (bì, “to benefit”).

Synonyms

• (to cause) 使 (shǐ)

Compounds

• 俾乂
• 俾晝作夜／俾昼作夜
• 俾爾遐福／俾尔遐福
• 俾能

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
    • Yale: pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pai³
    • Yale: pai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐi̯³³/

Definitions

俾

1. Only used in 俾倪.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bei
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

俾

1. Only used in 安俾.

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³
    • Yale: bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/

Definitions

俾

1. ^† Alternative form of 比

Pronunciation 5

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei²
    • Yale: béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/

Definitions

俾

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 畀

References

• “俾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

俾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、へい (hei)
• Kun: しむ (shimu)

Korean

Hanja

俾 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

俾: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ

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References

• Nom Foundation