屁

屁	U+5C41, 屁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C41

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		屁
alternative forms		䊧㞑𡲩𥧔𥤶䊧㞑𡲩𥧔𥤶𥥓

Wikipedia has articles on:

屁 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
屁 (Cantonese)
phùi (Min Nan)
屁 (Wu)

Glyph origin[edit]

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).

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

(Chengdu, SP): pi⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): pei³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): pei¹
Gan (Wiktionary): pi³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phi

(Meixian, Guangdong): pi⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): pi³
Min Bei (KCR): pṳ̿
Min Dong (BUC): pói / pé
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phì / phùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): pui³ / pi⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): phi (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): pi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: pi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei³
  - Yale: pei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: pei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: pi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: pi³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰxi⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pṳ̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰy³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pói / pé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/, /pʰɛi²¹³/

Note:

pói - colloquial;
pé - literary.

Min Nan

(Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì
- Tâi-lô: phì
- Phofsit Daibuun: phix
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰi²¹/
(Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi
- Tâi-lô: phuì
- Phofsit Daibuun: phuix
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹/

Note:

phùi - colloquial;
phì - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: pui³ / pi⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phùi / phĭ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/, /pʰi³⁵/

Note:

pui3 - colloquial;
pi6 - literary.

Wu

(Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: phi (T2)
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁴/

Xiang

(Changsha)
- Wiktionary: pi⁴
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁴⁵/

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	/pʰiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰi^H/
Li Rong	/pʰi^H/
Wang Li	/pʰi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei³

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[edit]

屁

(colloquial) flatulence; fart (Classifier: 篤／笃 c)
放屁 ― fàngpì ― to fart; to bullshit
(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
(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).
(vulgar) rubbish; worthless; useless; insignificant; trivial
屁話 / 屁话 ― pìhuà ― nonsense

屁事 ― pìshì ― trivial thing
(vulgar, chiefly in the negative) a damn thing; (no)thing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
他屁都不是。 ― Tā pì dōu bùshì. ― He is an absolute shit.

你懂個屁！ / 你懂个屁！ ― Nǐ dǒnggepì! ― You know jack shit!

關我屁事！ / 关我屁事！ ― Guān wǒ pì shì! ― Like I give a damn!
- 光頭撇嘴：「我們的世界你懂個屁！武力就是法！」 [MSC, trad.]
  光头撇嘴：“我们的世界你懂个屁！武力就是法！” [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2015 August 22, 刘振涛 (Liu Zhentao), 《阿P遭劫》, in 《故事会》, ISSN 0257-0238, issue 590, page 60
  Guāngtóu piězuǐ: “Wǒmen de shìjiè nǐ dǒnggepì! Wǔlì jiùshì fǎ!” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
(vulgar, negates the meaning of the sentence) like hell/like fuck; my ass; your ass; damn all/bugger all/fuck all
你有屁用！ ― Nǐ yǒu pì yòng! ― You are of fuck all use!

吃屁飯啊！ / 吃屁饭啊！ ― Chī pì fàn a! ― Fuck having a meal!/Have fuck-all meal!

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

Synonyms[edit]

(flatulence): (slang, humorous) 原子彈／原子弹 (yuánzǐdàn); (Hakka) 屁卵

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 屁

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

屁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

flatulence, fart

Readings[edit]

Go-on: ひ (hi)
Kan-on: ひ (hi)
Kun: へ (he, 屁)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

言(い)い出(だ)しっ屁(ぺ) (iidashippe)
河(かっ)童(ぱ)の屁(へ) (kappa no he)
最(さい)後(ご)っ屁(ぺ) (saigoppe)
沈(じん)香(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(ひゃく)日(にち)の説(せっ)法(ぽう)屁(へ)一(ひと)つ (hyakunichi no seppō he hitotsu)
屁(へ)負(お)い比(び)丘(く)尼(に) (heoi bikuni)
屁(へ)糞(くそ)葛(かずら) (hekusokazura), 屁(へ)屎(くそ)葛(かずら) (hekusokazura)
屁(へ)放(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(かっ)童(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(へ)理(り)屈(くつ) (herikutsu)
屁(へ)をひって尻(しり)すぼめ (he o hitte shiri subome)
放(ほう)屁(ひ) (hōhi)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

屁

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
屁
へ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) へ [héꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [he̞]

Noun[edit]

屁(へ) • (he)

(mildly vulgar) flatulence, fart

Synonyms[edit]

おなら (onara)

Derived terms[edit]

屁(へ)をこく (he o koku)
屁(へ)をひる (he o hiru)

References[edit]

^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

屁: Hán Nôm readings: thí

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Japanese[edit]

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Compounds[edit]

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Noun[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

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