呸

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3462
• Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 599, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5478

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Chinese

trad.		呸
simp. #		呸

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 丕.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pēi (pei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pei
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei¹
    • Yale: pēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pei
    • Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei¹
    • Yale: pēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi
    • Tâi-lô: phuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呸

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

   呸！我才不在乎你生不生氣呢。 [MSC, trad.]
   呸！我才不在乎你生不生气呢。 [MSC, simp.]

   Pēi! Wǒ cái bù zàihu nǐ shēng bù shēngqì ne. [Pinyin]

   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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Japanese

Kanji

呸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)

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Korean

Hanja

呸 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

呸: Hán Nôm readings: phi, bậy, phôi

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