鄙

鄙 U+9119, 鄙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9119 ← 鄘 [U+9118] CJK Unified Ideographs 鄚 → [U+911A]

Translingual

Han character

鄙 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口田弓中 (RWNL), four-corner 6762₇, composition ⿰啚阝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1276, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39597
• Dae Jaweon: page 1776, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3792, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9119

Chinese

trad.		鄙
simp. #		鄙
2nd round simp.		𨚍
alternative forms		啚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鄙
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
鄙	*prɯʔ
啚	*prɯʔ, *daː

Originally written 啚.

Now ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prɯʔ): phonetic 啚 (OC *prɯʔ, *daː, “border town”) + 邑 (“city”) – border town.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei²
• Northern Min (KCR): bǐ / pǐ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phí / pí
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pi

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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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: pei²
    • Yale: péi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐ / pǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹/, /pʰi²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí
    • Tâi-lô: phí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí
    • Tâi-lô: pí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi
    • MiniDict: pi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 鄙
Mandarin	Beijing	/pi²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/pi⁵³/
	Tianjin	/pi¹³/
	Jinan	/pi²¹/
	Qingdao	/pi⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/pi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/pʰi⁵³/
	Xining	/pʰji⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/pi⁵³/ /pi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/pi⁴⁴²/ /pʰi⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/pi⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/pʰi⁴²/
	Chengdu	/pʰi⁵³/
	Guiyang	/pʰi⁴²/
	Kunming	/pʰi⁵³/
	Nanjing	/pi²¹²/
	Hefei	/pz̩²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pi⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/pʰi⁵³/
	Hohhot	/pi⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/pi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/pi⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/pi⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/pei⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰi³⁵/
	Tunxi	/pʰi³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/pʰi⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/pʰi⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰi³¹/
	Taoyuan	/pʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pʰei³⁵/
	Nanning	/pʰi³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/pʰei³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pʰi⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pʰi³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pi²¹/ /pʰi²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pʰi⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/fi³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pijX

Rime
Character	鄙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方美切
Baxter	pijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiX/
Li Rong	/pjiX/
Wang Li	/piX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/piX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*prəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鄙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ pijX ›
Old Chinese	/*prəʔ/
English	border town
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	鄙
Reading #	1/1
No.	550
Phonetic component	啚
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鄙
Old Chinese	/*prɯʔ/

Definitions

鄙

1. mean; ignoble; low

   鄙陋  ―  bǐlòu  ―  shallow

   • 肉食者鄙，未能遠謀。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     肉食者鄙，未能远谋。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Ròushízhě bǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu. [Pinyin]

     Those who eat meat are base and unable to make long-range plans.

2. (humble) my
3. (literary) to despise; to hold in contempt

   • 我皆有禮，夫猶鄙我。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     我皆有礼，夫犹鄙我。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Wǒ jiē yǒulǐ, fū yóu bǐ wǒ. [Pinyin]

     Even if we all maintain ritual propriety, they still scorn us.

4. (literary) countryside; country; border town

   • 昔者聖王之治其民也，參其國而伍其鄙。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     昔者圣王之治其民也，参其国而伍其鄙。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Xīzhě shèngwáng zhī zhì qí mín yě, sān qí guó ér wǔ qí bǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (literary) remote place; march

   • 既而大叔命西鄙、北鄙貳於己。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     既而大叔命西鄙、北鄙贰于己。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Jì'ér tàishú mìng xī bǐ, běi bǐ èr yú jǐ. [Pinyin]

     Shorty thereafter, the Senior Younger Brother commanded the western and northern marches to switch their allegiance to him.

Synonyms

• (despise): 蔑 (miè), 藐 (miǎo)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “despise”): 敬 (jìng), 尊 (zūn), 崇 (chóng)

Compounds

• 北鄙
• 卑鄙
• 卑鄙無恥 / 卑鄙无耻 (bēibǐwúchǐ)
• 卑鄙齷齪 / 卑鄙龌龊 (bēibǐwòchuò)
• 可鄙 (kěbǐ)
• 嗤鄙 (chībǐ)
• 嫌鄙 (xiánbǐ)
• 樸鄙 / 朴鄙
• 粗鄙 (cūbǐ)
• 肉食者鄙 (ròushízhěbǐ)
• 草鄙
• 貪鄙 / 贪鄙
• 貴遠鄙近 / 贵远鄙近
• 輕鄙 / 轻鄙
• 邊鄙 / 边鄙 (biānbǐ)
• 都鄙
• 都鄙有章
• 鄙事
• 鄙人 (bǐrén)
• 鄙俚 (bǐlǐ)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙俗不堪
• 鄙倍
• 鄙厭 / 鄙厌
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn)
• 鄙固
• 鄙夫
• 鄙夫之見 / 鄙夫之见
• 鄙夷 (bǐyí)
• 鄙家
• 鄙屑
• 鄙師 / 鄙师
• 鄙悃
• 鄙意 (bǐyì)
• 鄙懷 / 鄙怀
• 鄙斥
• 鄙易
• 鄙棄 / 鄙弃 (bǐqì)
• 鄙猥
• 鄙生
• 鄙視 / 鄙视 (bǐshì)
• 鄙稱 / 鄙称 (bǐchēng)
• 鄙笑 (bǐxiào)
• 鄙累
• 鄙背
• 鄙薄 (bǐbó)
• 鄙袒
• 鄙褻語 / 鄙亵语
• 鄙見 / 鄙见 (bǐjiàn)
• 鄙言
• 鄙言俚語 / 鄙言俚语
• 鄙言累句
• 鄙詐 / 鄙诈
• 鄙誠 / 鄙诚
• 鄙語 / 鄙语
• 鄙諺 / 鄙谚
• 鄙賤 / 鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)
• 鄙近
• 鄙遠 / 鄙远
• 鄙野
• 鄙陋 (bǐlòu)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 鄙

鄙

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ひな (hina, 鄙)、ひなぶ (hinabu, 鄙ぶ)、ひなびる (hinabiru, 鄙びる)、さげすむ (sagesumu, 鄙む)、いやしい (iyashii, 鄙しい)、かたなむ (katanamu, 鄙む)、とひと (tohito)

Compounds

• (countrified): 辺(へん)鄙(ぴ) (henpi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鄙
とひと Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Originally a compound of 外 (to, “outside”) +‎ 人 (hito, “person”). The kanji used is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞çito̞]

Noun

鄙(とひと) • (tohito) 

1. (archaic, derogatory) a countrified or rustic person: a hick, a bumpkin

References

• “^▲鄙”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

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

1. mean
2. low

Vietnamese

Han character

鄙: Hán Nôm readings: bỉ, bẽ

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