比喻

See also: 比喩

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	allegory
trad. (比喻/比喩)		比	喻/喩
simp. (比喻)		比	喻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² jyu⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí-yi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pí-jū / pí-lū / pí-jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi² ru⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐyù
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-yü⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiyuh
    • Palladius: биюй (bijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² jyu⁶
    • Yale: béi yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ jyː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi` i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi<sup>3</sup> yi<sup>4</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ i⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi` (r)i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-jū
    • Tâi-lô: pí-jū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyju
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-lū
    • Tâi-lô: pí-lū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pylu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-jī
    • Tâi-lô: pí-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi² ru⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí jŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zu³⁵/

Verb

比喻

1. to liken; to compare; to draw an analogy; to metaphorize

Synonyms

• 打比 (dǎbǐ)
• 打比仿 (Huizhou)
• 打比子 (Muping)
• 打比方
• 比方
• 譬喻 (pìyù)

 

Noun

比喻

1. (rhetoric) analogy; metaphor; figure of speech; simile

   比喻意義／比喻意义  ―  bǐyù yìyì  ―  figurative meaning

Synonyms

• 暗喻 (ànyù)
• 比方
• 譬喻 (pìyù)
• 隱喻／隐喻 (yǐnyù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (比喻):

• → Japanese: 比喩(ひゆ) (hiyu)
• → Korean: 비유(比喩) (biyu)
• → Vietnamese: tỉ dụ (比喻)

→ Middle Vietnamese: ꞗí dù

• → Vietnamese: ví dụ

Derived terms

• 比喻義／比喻义 (bǐyùyì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
比	喻
ひ Grade: 5	ゆ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 比喻 – see the following entry.

【比喩ひゆ】 [noun] simile, metaphor, allegory Alternative spellings 譬喩, 譬喻, 比ゆ, 比諭

(This term, 比喻, is an alternative spelling (extended shinjitai) of the above term.)