譬喻

Chinese

		give an example	allegory
trad. (譬喻)		譬	喻
simp. #(譬喻)		譬	喻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei³ jyu⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): phì-lū / phì-jī / phì-jū / phí-lū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pi³ ru⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìyù
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: pì-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihyuh
    • Palladius: пиюй (pijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei³ jyu⁶
    • Yale: pei yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei³ jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi³ yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³³ jyː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-lū
    • Tâi-lô: phì-lū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phielu
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ lu³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ lu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-jī
    • Tâi-lô: phì-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phieji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-jū
    • Tâi-lô: phì-jū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phieju
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ zu³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-lū
    • Tâi-lô: phí-lū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phylu
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pi³ ru⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phì jŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zu³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjieH yuH

Rime
Character	譬	喻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	匹賜切	羊戍切
Baxter	phjieH	yuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇH/	/jɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛH/	/jioH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɛH/	/ioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiə̆H/	/juə̆H/
Li Rong	/pʰieH/	/ioH/
Wang Li	/pʰǐeH/	/jĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰie̯H/	/i̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pì	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei3	jyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰek-s  lo-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeɡs  los/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	譬	喻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pì	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ phjieH ›	‹ yuH ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰek-s/	/*lo-s/
English	example	understand; metaphor
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	譬	喻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	666	15880
Phonetic component	辟	俞
Rime group	賜	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	譬	裕
Old Chinese	/*pʰeɡs/	/*los/
Notes		同諭

Verb

譬喻

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
• 比喻 (bǐyù)
• 比方

 

Noun

譬喻

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

Synonyms

• 暗喻 (ànyù)
• 比喻 (bǐyù)
• 比方
• 隱喻／隐喻 (yǐnyù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (譬喻):

• → Vietnamese: thí dụ (譬喻)