俾

俾 U+4FFE, 俾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FFE ← 俽 [U+4FFD] CJK Unified Ideographs 俿 → [U+4FFF]

Translingual

Han character

俾 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人竹田十 (OHWJ) or 人竹竹十 (OHHJ), four-corner 2624₀, composition ⿰亻卑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 106, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 740
• Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 180, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4FFE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		俾

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phì / pí / pī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³
    • Yale: bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei²
    • Yale: béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì / pí / pī
    • Tâi-lô: phì / pí / pī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phix, pie, pi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²¹/, /pi⁵³/, /pi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹/, /pi⁵⁵⁴/, /pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi²¹/, /pi⁵³/, /pi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi¹¹/, /pi⁵³/, /pi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²¹/, /pi⁴¹/, /pi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjeX

Rime
Character	俾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	并弭切
Baxter	pjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/pjeX/
Wang Li	/pǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2

Definitions

俾

1. (literary, formal) in order to; so that; so as to; therefore; thus; thereby

   • 俾知夫小子修之德薄能鮮，遭時竊位，而幸全大節，不辱其先者，其來有自。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     俾知夫小子修之德薄能鲜，遭时窃位，而幸全大节，不辱其先者，其来有自。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1070, Ouyang Xiu, 《瀧岡阡表》, translated as Inscription On the Memorial Tablet For the Passage To the Shuanggang Tomb by Ronald C. Egan

     Bǐ zhī fú xiǎozǐ Xiū zhī dé bó néng xiǎn, zāo shí qiè wèi, ér xìng quán dàjié, bù rǔ qí xiān zhě, qí lái yǒu zì. [Pinyin]

     (I have done this) to make known that there is ample reason why I have been so fortunate as to be able to keep my integrity intact and brought no disgrace on my ancestors, though, with my modest virtue and limited ability, I have merely been favored by the times and never deserved the positions I have held.

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 裨 (bì, “to benefit”).

Synonyms

• (to cause) 使 (shǐ)

Compounds

• 俾乂
• 俾晝作夜 / 俾昼作夜
• 俾爾遐福 / 俾尔遐福
• 俾能

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
    • Yale: pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pai³
    • Yale: pai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐi̯³³/

Definitions

俾

1. only used in 俾倪

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bei
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

俾

1. only used in 安俾

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pi³
    • Yale: bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴/

Definitions

俾

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 比

Pronunciation 5

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei²
    • Yale: béi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/

Definitions

俾

1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 畀

References

• “俾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

俾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)、へい (hei)
• Kun: しむ (shimu)

Korean

Hanja

俾 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

俾: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ

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References

• Nom Foundation