睥睨

Chinese

		look askance	look askance
simp. and trad. (睥睨)		睥	睨
alternative forms		俾倪 埤堄 wall 睤睨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìnì, bìnì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ, ㄅㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pai³ ngai⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): bê-ngā̤

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìnì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìnì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴-ni⁴
    • Yale: pì-nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihnih
    • Palladius: пини (pini)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan, dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìnì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìnì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-ni⁴
    • Yale: bì-nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihnih
    • Palladius: бини (bini)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pai³ ngai⁶
    • Yale: pai ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pai³ ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pei³ ngei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐi̯³³ ŋɐi̯²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bê-ngā̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴²⁻⁵³ ŋɛ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: phejH ngejH

Rime
Character	睥	睨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	匹詣切	五計切
Baxter	phejH	ngejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰeiH/	/ŋeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰeiH/	/ŋeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɛiH/	/ŋɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɛjH/	/ŋɛjH/
Li Rong	/pʰeiH/	/ŋeiH/
Wang Li	/pʰieiH/	/ŋieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰieiH/	/ŋieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pì	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pai3	ngai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːs  ŋeːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睥	睨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	361	2754
Phonetic component	卑	兒
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	媲	詣
Old Chinese	/*pʰeːs/	/*ŋeːs/
Notes		見淮南子

Verb

睥睨

1. (literary) to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye
2. (literary) to spy upon

Synonyms

• (to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye): 介倪 (jièní)

Derived terms

• 睥睨物表
• 睥睨窺覦／睥睨窥觎

 

Noun

睥睨

1. (literary) crenelated parapet wall