畀

See also: 𢌿 and 異

Translingual

Han character

畀 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 田一中 (WML), four-corner 6022₁, composition ⿱田丌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 759, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1169, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2530, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7540

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		畀
alternative forms		俾 colloquial Cantonese 比 colloquial Cantonese 撥／拨 colloquial Wu

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 畀
Shang	Western Zhou	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (畀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
箅	*piːds, *pids
濞	*pʰiːds, *pʰrids
畀	*pids
痹	*pids
淠	*pʰrids
嚊	*pʰrids
鼻	*blids
襣	*bids

Etymology

Originally meant arrowhead, or the barb(point) of an arrow. Also meant flat arrowhead. Later its meaning collapsed to the meaning of 'to give' from 畀予. Also see Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-bəj-n/k (“to give”). Cognate with Tibetan སྦྱིན (sbyin, “to give, to bestow”) and Burmese ပေး (pe:, “to give”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 畀

1. (literary or Cantonese, Wu) to give

   • 王崩，周人將畀虢公政。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王崩，周人将畀虢公政。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wáng bēng, zhōu rén jiāng bì Guó Gōng zhèng. [Pinyin]

     The king (of Zhou) has died. The people of Zhou will give power to the Duke of Guo.

   畀三張紙我。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   畀三张纸我。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   bei² saam¹ zoeng¹ zi² ngo⁵. [Jyutping]

   Give me three sheets of paper.

2. (Cantonese) to pay

   See also: 畀錢

   畀入場費／畀入场费 [Cantonese]  ―  bei² jap⁶ coeng⁴ fai³ [Jyutping]  ―  to pay the entrance fee

3. (Cantonese, Wu) to allow; to let

   老師唔畀我哋上緊堂嗰時飲水。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   老师唔畀我哋上紧堂嗰时饮水。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   lou⁵ si¹ m⁴ bei² ngo⁵ dei⁶ soeng⁵ gan² tong⁴ go² si⁴ jam² seoi². [Jyutping]

   The teacher doesn't let us drink water during class.

4. (Cantonese, Wu) for

   原先係畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   原先系畀你食嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jyun⁴ sin¹ hai⁶ bei² nei⁵ sik⁶ ge³. [Jyutping]

   It was originally for you to eat.

   原來是畀儂吃个。 [Wu, trad.]
   原来是畀侬吃个。 [Wu, simp.]

   It was originally for you to eat.

5. (Cantonese, Wu) to

   講畀你知／讲畀你知 [Cantonese]  ―  gong² bei² nei⁵ zi¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to tell you

   講畀儂聽／讲畀侬听 [Wu]  ―  to tell you

6. (Cantonese, Wu) by

   我畀蚊咬呀。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   ngo⁵ bei² man¹ ngaau⁵ aa³. [Jyutping]

   I got bitten by a mosquito.

   我隻錶畀人偷咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我只表畀人偷咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ zek³ biu¹ bei² jan⁴ tau¹ zo². [Jyutping]

   My watch has been stolen (by someone).

Usage notes

• In a passive-voice sentence in Cantonese, 畀 is always followed by an object and not a verb, unlike Mandarin 被 which can be followed by an object or a verb.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 給 (“to give”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		予, 畀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		給
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	給
	Taiwan	給
	Malaysia	給
	Singapore	給
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	給
	Jinan	給
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	給
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	給
	Wuhan	把, 把得, 給
	Guilin	給
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	把, 給
	Hefei	給
Cantonese	Guangzhou	畀
	Hong Kong	畀
	Macau	畀
	Taishan	畀
	Dongguan	畀
	Yangjiang	畀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	畀
	Penang (Guangfu)	畀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	畀
Gan	Nanchang	把
Hakka	Meixian	分
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	分
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	分
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	分
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	分
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	分
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	得
	Kuching (Hepo)	分
Jin	Taiyuan	給
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	乞
Southern Min	Xiamen	予
	Quanzhou	予, 傳
	Zhangzhou	予
	Zhao'an	予
	Taipei	予
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	予
	Kaohsiung	予
	Yilan	予
	Changhua (Lukang)	予
	Taichung	予
	Taichung (Wuqi)	予
	Tainan	予
	Taitung	予
	Hsinchu	予
	Kinmen	予
	Penghu (Magong)	予
	Penang (Hokkien)	予
	Singapore (Hokkien)	予
	Manila (Hokkien)	予
	Chaozhou	分, 乞
	Shantou	分, 乞
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	乞
	Jieyang	分, 乞
	Haifeng	分, 予
	Singapore (Teochew)	乞
	Pontianak (Teochew)	分, 乞
	Leizhou	乞
	Wenchang	分
	Haikou	要
Wu	Shanghai	撥, 撥辣
	Suzhou	撥
	Ningbo	撥
	Wenzhou	匄
Xiang	Changsha	把

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Japanese

Kanji

畀

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to give

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: あたえるもの (ataerumono)

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Korean

Hanja

畀 (eum 비 (bi))

1. to give

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Vietnamese

Han character

畀: Hán Nôm readings: tý

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