仳離

Chinese

		to part	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from
trad. (仳離)		仳	離
simp. (仳离)		仳	离

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐlí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi³-li²
    • Yale: pǐ-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piili
    • Palladius: пили (pili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei² lei⁴
    • Yale: péi lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei² lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi² léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵ lei̯²¹/

Verb

仳離

1. (literary, of a couple) to be separated; to break up; (especially for the woman) to be abandoned

   • 有女仳離、嘅其嘆矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有女仳离、嘅其叹矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu nǚ pǐlí, kǎi qí tàn yǐ. [Pinyin]

     There is a woman forced to leave her husband;
     Sadly she sighs!

2. (literary) to deviate from