屁

Translingual

Han character

屁 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸心心 (SPP), four-corner 7721₁, composition ⿸尸比)

Derived characters

𦼘

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 300, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7654
Dae Jaweon: page 597, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 966, character 12
Unihan data for U+5C41

Chinese

trad.		屁
simp. ^#		屁
alternative forms		㞑䊧𡲩𥤶𥥓㞑䊧𡲩𥤶𥥓𥧔

Wikipedia has articles on:

屁 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
屁 (Cantonese)
phùi (Southern Min)
屁 (Wu)

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
梐	piː, biːʔ
狴	*piː
悂	piː, pʰi
螕	*piː
鎞	*piː
蓖	*piː
篦	piː, bis
批	*pʰiː
砒	*pʰiː
鈚	pʰiː, bi
磇	*pʰiː
媲	*pʰiːs
笓	*biː
膍	biː, bi
陛	*biːʔ
仳	pʰeʔ, piʔ, bi, briʔ
吡	pʰeʔ, piʔ, *biɡ
紕	be, pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ
比	piʔ, pis, bi, bis, *biɡ
妣	piʔ, pis
秕	*piʔ
沘	piʔ, bi
枇	piʔ, bi, *bis
粊	*pris
庇	*pis
屁	*pʰis
琵	*bi
毗	*bi
貔	*bi
豼	*bi
蚍	*bi
芘	bi, bis
肶	*bi
魮	*bi
阰	*bi
坒	bis, biɡ
玭	*bin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰis) : semantic 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pja-n/t/s (“fart; shit”). Cognate with Tibetan ཕྱེན (phyen), འཕྱེན ('phyen, “flatulence”), Jingpho hpyet (“to fart”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pi⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pei³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): pei¹
Gan (Wiktionary): pi³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phi

(Meixian, Guangdong): pi⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): pi³
Northern Min (KCR): pṳ̿
Eastern Min (BUC): pói / pé
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phì / phùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): pui³ / pi⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵phi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pi⁴

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: pi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pei³
  - Yale: pei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: pei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: pi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: pi³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰi⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pṳ̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰy³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pói / pé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/, /pʰɛi²¹³/

Note:

pói - colloquial;
pé - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì
  - Tâi-lô: phì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi
  - Tâi-lô: phuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phuix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pʰui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹/

Note:

phùi - colloquial;
phì - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: pui³ / pi⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phùi / phĭ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/, /pʰi³⁵/

Note:

pui3 - colloquial;
pi6 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵phi
  - MiniDict: phi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²phi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: phjijH

Rime
Character	屁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匹寐切
Baxter	phjijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰi^H/
Li Rong	/pʰi^H/
Wang Li	/pʰi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰis/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	屁
Reading #	1/1
No.	524
Phonetic component	比
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	屁
Old Chinese	/*pʰis/
Notes	山海經作米旁費

Definitions

屁

(colloquial) flatulence; fart (Classifier: 篤／笃 c)
放屁 ― fàngpì ― to fart; to bullshit
(colloquial) buttocks; backside
馬屁／马屁 ― mǎpì ― horse's backside; flattery

狗屁 ― gǒupì ― dog's backside; nonsense; worthless thing; bullshit

屁眼 ― pìyǎn ― anus; asshole
(colloquial) to fart; to pass gas
屁者先知 ― pìzhěxiānzhī ― [jocular] The farter is usually the first to realise (and complain about the fart).
(vulgar) rubbish; worthless; useless; insignificant; trivial
屁話／屁话 ― pìhuà ― nonsense

屁事 ― pìshì ― trivial thing
(vulgar, chiefly in the negative) a damn thing; (no)thing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
他屁都不是。 ― Tā pì dōu bùshì. ― He is an absolute shit.

你懂個屁！／你懂个屁！ ― Nǐ dǒng ge pì! ― You know jack shit!

關我屁事！／关我屁事！ ― Guān wǒ pì shì! ― Like I give a damn!
- 光頭撇嘴：「我們的世界你懂個屁！武力就是法！」 [MSC, trad.]
  光头撇嘴：「我们的世界你懂个屁！武力就是法！」 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2015 August 22, 刘振涛 (Liu Zhentao), 《阿P遭劫》, in 《故事会》, →ISSN, issue 590, page 60
  Guāngtóu piězuǐ: “Wǒmen de shìjiè nǐ dǒng ge pì! Wǔlì jiùshì fǎ!” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(vulgar, negates the meaning of the sentence) like hell/like fuck; my ass; your ass; damn all/bugger all/fuck all
你有屁用！ ― Nǐ yǒu pì yòng! ― You are of fuck all use!

吃屁飯啊！／吃屁饭啊！ ― Chī pì fàn a! ― Fuck having a meal!/Have fuck-all meal!

道個屁歉！／道个屁歉！ ― Dào ge pì qiàn! ― Apologize my ass!

Synonyms

(flatulence): (slang, humorous) 原子彈／原子弹 (yuánzǐdàn); (Hakka) 屁卵

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

屁

(Hyōgai kanji)

flatulence, fart

Readings

Go-on: ひ (hi)
Kan-on: ひ (hi)
Kun: へ (he, 屁)

Compounds

言(い)い出(だ)しっ屁(ぺ) (iidashippe)
河(かっ)童(ぱ)の屁(へ) (kappa no he)
最(さい)後(ご)っ屁(ぺ) (saigoppe)
沈(じん)香(こう)も焚(た)かず屁(へ)もひらず (jinkō mo takazu he mo hirazu)
透(す)かし屁(べ) (sukashibe)
握(にぎ)り屁(べ) (nigiribe)
百(ひゃく)日(にち)の説(せっ)法(ぽう)屁(へ)一(ひと)つ (hyakunichi no seppō he hitotsu)
屁(へ)負(お)い比(び)丘(く)尼(に) (heoi bikuni)
屁(へ)糞(くそ)葛(かずら) (hekusokazura), 屁(へ)屎(くそ)葛(かずら) (hekusokazura)
屁(へ)放(こ)き虫(むし) (hekokimushi)
屁(へ)っ放(ぴ)り (heppiri)
屁(へ)でもない (he de mo nai)
屁(へ)とも思(おも)わない (he to mo omowanai)
屁(へ)の河(かっ)童(ぱ) (he no kappa)
屁(へ)の突(つ)っ張(ぱ)りにもならない (he no tsuppari ni mo naranai)
放屁(へひり) (hehiri)
屁(へ)理(り)屈(くつ) (herikutsu)
屁(へ)をひって尻(しり)すぼめ (he o hitte shiri subome)
放(ほう)屁(ひ) (hōhi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
屁
へ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

屁

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Flatulence

Wikipedia

屁 (he): an illustration of someone letting out a fart at a 河童 (kappa).

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pe (“flatus, fart”), itself likely an onomatopoeia; compare Middle Chinese 屁 (MC phjijH).

First cited to the Shinsen Jikyō, c. 898-901 CE.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へ [héꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [he̞]

Noun

屁(へ) • (he)

(mildly vulgar) flatulence, fart
Synonym: おなら (onara)

Derived terms

屁(へ)をこく (he o koku, “to squeeze out a fart”)
屁(へ)をひる (he o hiru, “to let out a fart”)

References

^ “屁”, in 日本国語大辞典‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

屁: Hán Nôm readings: thí

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[1] “屁”, in 日本国語大辞典‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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