屁

屁 U+5C41, 屁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C41 ← 局 [U+5C40] CJK Unified Ideographs 层 → [U+5C42]

Translingual

Han character

屁 (radical 44 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸心心 (SPP), four-corner 7721₁, composition ⿸尸比)

References

• KangXi: page 300, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7654
• Dae Jaweon: page 597, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 966, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5C41

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		屁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (比) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
梐	*piː, *biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	*piː, *pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	*piː, *bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	*pʰiː, *bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	*biː, *bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ
吡	*pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	*piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ
妣	*piʔ, *pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	*piʔ, *bi
枇	*piʔ, *bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	*bi, *bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	*bis, *biɡ
玭	*bin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰis): semantic 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ). A word which understandably appears late in the literature.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pja-n/t/s (“fart; shit”). Cognate with Tibetan ཕྱེན (phyen), འཕྱེན ('phyen, “flatulence”), Jingpho hpyet (“to fart”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei³
• Min Dong (BUC): pói / pé
• Min Nan (POJ): phì / phùi
• Wu (Wiktionary): phi (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei³
    • Yale: pei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi³
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pói / pé
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰuɔi²¹³/, /pʰɛi²¹³/

Note:

• pói - colloquial;
• pé - literary.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì
    • Tâi-lô: phì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • 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/

Note:

• phì - literary;
• phùi - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: phi (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰiɪ^H/▼

Rime
Character	屁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匹寐切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiH/
Li Rong	/pʰiH/
Wang Li	/pʰiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰis/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	屁
Reading #	1/1
No.	524
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	屁
Old Chinese	/*pʰis/
Notes	山海經作米旁費

Definitions

屁

1. (colloquial) flatulence; fart

   放屁  ―  fàngpì  ―  to fart; to bullshit

2. (colloquial) buttocks; backside

   馬屁 / 马屁  ―  mǎpì  ―  horse's backside; flattery

   狗屁  ―  gǒupì  ―  dog's backside; nonsense; worthless thing; bullshit

   屁眼  ―  pìyǎn  ―  anus; asshole

3. (colloquial) to fart; to pass gas

   屁者先知  ―  pìzhěxiānzhī  ―  [jocular] The farter is usually the first to realise (and complain about the fart).

4. (vulgar) rubbish; worthless; useless; insignificant; trivial

   屁話 / 屁话  ―  pìhuà  ―  nonsense

   屁事  ―  pìshì  ―  trivial thing

5. (vulgar, usually in the negative) a damn thing; (no)thing; damn all

   他屁都不是。  ―  Tā pì dōu bùshì.  ―  He is an absolute nobody.

   你懂個屁！ / 你懂个屁！  ―  Nǐ dǒnggepì!  ―  You don't know a damn thing!

   關我屁事！ / 关我屁事！  ―  Guān wǒ pì shì!  ―  It's got damn all to do with me!

6. (vulgar) Negates the meaning of the sentence.

   你有屁用！  ―  Nǐ yǒu pì yòng!  ―  You are fucking useless!

   吃屁飯啊！ / 吃屁饭啊！  ―  Chī pì fàn a!  ―  Who the fuck has the mood to eat!

   道個屁歉！ / 道个屁歉！  ―  Dào ge pì qiàn!  ―  Apologize my ass!

Compounds

• 一屁股
• 仙人放屁
• 光屁股
• 報屁股／报屁股
• 夾屁股／夹屁股
• 尿流屁滾／尿流屁滚
• 屁大
• 屁支支
• 屁滾尿流／屁滚尿流
• 屁漏
• 屁眼 (pìyǎn)
• 屁股 (pìgǔ)
• 屁股沉
• 屁股眼 (pìguyǎn)

• 屁話／屁话 (pìhuà)
• 屁鳥人／屁鸟人
• 打屁 (dǎpì)
• 打屁版
• 打屁股 (dǎpìgǔ)
• 拍馬屁／拍马屁 (pāimǎpì)
• 掇臀捧屁
• 撒騷放屁／撒骚放屁
• 擦屁股
• 放屁 (fàngpì)
• 放屁文字
• 放屁添風／放屁添风
• 放屁蟲／放屁虫 (fàngpìchóng)

• 放屁辣臊
• 有個屁用／有个屁用
• 沉屁股
• 火燒屁股／火烧屁股
• 狗屁 (gǒupì)
• 狗屁不通
• 狗屁倒灶
• 狗顛屁股／狗颠屁股
• 猴子屁股
• 菸屁股／烟屁股
• 跟屁股
• 馬屁／马屁 (mǎpì)
• 馬屁精／马屁精 (mǎpìjīng)

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Japanese

Kanji

屁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flatulence, fart

Readings

• Goon: ひ (hi)
• Kan’on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: へ (he, 屁)

Compounds

Compounds

• 言 (い)い出 (だ)しっ屁 (ぺ) (iidashippe)
• 河童 (かっぱ)の屁 (へ) (kappa no he)
• 最後 (さいご)っ屁 (ぺ) (saigoppe)
• 沈香 (じんこう)も焚 (た)かず屁 (へ)もひらず (jinkō mo takazu he mo hirazu)
• 透 (す)かし屁 (べ) (sukashibe)
• 握 (にぎ)り屁 (べ) (nigiribe)
• 百日 (ひゃくにち)の説法屁一 (せっぽうへひと)つ (hyakunichi no seppō he hitotsu)
• 屁負 (へお)い比丘尼 (びくに) (heoi bikuni)
• 屁 (へ)糞 (くそ)葛 (かずら) (hekusokazura), 屁 (へ)屎 (くそ)葛 (かずら) (hekusokazura)
• 屁放 (へこ)き虫 (むし) (hekokimushi)
• 屁 (へ)っ放 (ぴ)り (heppiri)
• 屁 (へ)でもない (he demo nai)
• 屁 (へ)とも思 (おも)わない (he to mo omowanai)
• 屁 (へ)の河童 (かっぱ) (he no kappa)
• 屁 (へ)の突 (つ)っ張 (ぱ)りにもならない (he no tsuppari ni mo naranai)
• 放屁 (へひり) (hehiri)
• 屁理屈 (へりくつ) (herikutsu)
• 屁 (へ)をひって尻 (しり)すぼめ (he o hitte shiri subome)
• 放屁 (ほうひ) (hōhi)

Kanji in this term
屁
へ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へ​ [héꜜ] (Atamadaka - [1])
  • IPA^(key): [he̞]

Noun

屁 (hiragana へ, rōmaji he)

1. flatulence, fart

Synonyms

• おなら (onara)

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Korean

Hanja

屁 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

屁 (thí)

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