痞

痞 U+75DE, 痞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75DE ← 痝 [U+75DD] CJK Unified Ideographs 痟 → [U+75DF]

Translingual

Han character

痞 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大一火口 (KMFR), four-corner 0016₉, composition ⿸疒否)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 774, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22206
• Dae Jaweon: page 1184, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2674, character 8
• Unihan data for U+75DE

Chinese

trad.		痞
simp. #		痞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
肧	*pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖	*pʰɯːʔ
娝	*prɯʔ
痞	*prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕	*pʰrɯ
伾	*pʰrɯ
秠	*pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
駓	*pʰrɯ
怌	*pʰrɯ
豾	*pʰrɯ
髬	*pʰrɯ
魾	*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
鉟	*pʰrɯ, *brɯ
嚭	*pʰrɯʔ
邳	*brɯ
岯	*brɯ
否	*brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
抔	*bɯ, *pʰlɯː
不	*pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑	*pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀	*pɯ, *pɯʔ
衃	*pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
罘	*bɯ
芣	*bɯ
杯	*plɯː
盃	*plɯː
桮	*pɯː
坯	*pʰɯː
胚	*pʰɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ): semantic 疒 + phonetic 否 (OC *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ).

Etymology 1

"Protuberance"? > "enlargement of an abdominal organ; pain due to splenomegaly" > "[dialectal] abdominal tumour".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐ (pi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² / pei⁵ / fau²
• Eastern Min (BUC): pī
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phí
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi³
    • Yale: pǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei² / pei⁵ / fau²
    • Yale: péi / péih / fáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei² / pei⁵ / fau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi² / péi⁵ / feo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵/, /pʰei̯¹³/, /fɐu̯³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí
    • Tâi-lô: phí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵phi
    • MiniDict: phi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pijX, bijX, pjuwX

Rime
Character	痞	痞	痞
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	脂 (17)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	方美切	符鄙切	方久切
Baxter	pijX	bijX	pjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪX/	/bˠiɪX/	/pɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiX/	/bᵚiX/	/piuX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪX/	/biɪX/	/piəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiX/	/bjiX/	/puwX/
Li Rong	/pjiX/	/bjiX/	/piuX/
Wang Li	/piX/	/biX/	/pĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/piX/	/bʱiX/	/pi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	bì	fǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2	bei6	fau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯʔ/, /*brɯʔ/, /*pɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	痞	痞	痞
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	1006	1023	1031
Phonetic component	不	不	不
Rime group	之	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	鄙	否	缶
Old Chinese	/*prɯʔ/	/*brɯʔ/	/*pɯʔ/

Definitions

痞

1. enlargement or lump in the abdomen; in particular, splenomegaly or hepatomegaly
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) stuffiness, fullness and discomfort in the epigastrium; dyspepsia or constipation
3. (dialectal Mandarin) abdominal tumour
4. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) scab; healed wound
5. (Southern Min) scurf; flakes on the skin surface

Compounds

• 痞利
• 痞塞
• 痞塊 / 痞块
• 痞氣 / 痞气 (pǐqì)
• 痞滿 / 痞满
• 痞疾
• 痞硬
• 痞積 / 痞积
• 痞結 / 痞结
• 痞脹 / 痞胀

Etymology 2

"Bad" > "obscene; ferocious; rascal". Its use is most prominent in dialects of Hubei and Hunan, and possibly originates from the ancient dialectal pronunciation of 匪 (“bad, evil, bandit”), same as Min Nan 歹 (phái(ⁿ), “bad”).

It may be the origin of some uses of 皮 (pí), for example 調皮 (“naughty”), 賴皮 (“shameless”) and 頑皮 (“naughty”).

The Cantonese pronunciation is probably due to confusion with 踎 (mau1, “to squat”), as this word is not native to Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐ (pi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): pī / pāi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi³
    • Yale: pǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mau¹
    • Yale: māu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pī / pāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³³/, /pʰai³³/

Note:

• pī - "rascal";
• pāi (歹) - "low, mean, shabby, seedy, obscene, shameful".

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵phi
    • MiniDict: phi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi³⁴/

Definitions

痞

1. rascal; scoundrel
2. (dialectal) to act perversely; to behave like a hoodlum
3. (dialectal) to act shamelessly; to violate rules
4. (dialectal) frivolous; slippery
5. (dialectal) obscene; indecent; vulgar
6. (dialectal) ferocious; fierce
7. (dialectal) bad; evil

Compounds

• 兵痞 (bīngpǐ)
• 地痞 (dìpǐ)
• 嬉痞
• 嬉痞士
• 文痞
• 痞儂 / 痞侬
• 痞命
• 痞哥
• 痞囝
• 痞子 (pǐzi)
• 痞徒
• 痞搭混
• 痞神氣 / 痞神气
• 痞裡痞氣 / 痞里痞气
• 痞話 / 痞话
• 痞話子 / 痞话子
• 痞賴 / 痞赖
• 痞鬼
• 雅痞 (yǎpǐ)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 痞

痞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: つかえ (tsukae)

Korean

Hanja

痞 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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