秕糠

Chinese

		grain not fully grown; husks; withered grain grain not fully grown; husks; withered grain; unripe grain	husk
trad. (秕糠)		秕	糠
simp. #(秕糠)		秕	糠
anagram		糠秕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐkāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄎㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² hong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐkāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄎㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐkang
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-kʻang¹
    • Yale: bǐ-kāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biikang
    • Palladius: бикан (bikan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² hong¹
    • Yale: béi hōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² hong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² hong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjijX khang

Rime
Character	秕	糠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	卑履切	苦岡切
Baxter	pjijX	khang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪX/	/kʰɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/piX/	/kʰɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pjɪX/	/kʰɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piX/	/kʰaŋ/
Li Rong	/piX/	/kʰɑŋ/
Wang Li	/piX/	/kʰɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/piX/	/kʰɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	kāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2	hong1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 秕糠

1. chaff
2. (figuratively) worthless stuff