屁

屁 U+5C41, 屁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C41 ← 局 [U+5C40] CJK Unified Ideographs 层 → [U+5C42]

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

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

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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/
  • (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/

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• 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	/pʰiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiH/
Li Rong	/pʰiH/
Wang Li	/pʰiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiH/
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

1. (colloquial) flatulence; fart (Classifier: 篤／笃 c)

   放屁  ―  fàngpì  ―  to fart; to bullshit

2. (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

3. (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).

4. (vulgar) rubbish; worthless; useless; insignificant; trivial

   屁話／屁话  ―  pìhuà  ―  nonsense

   屁事  ―  pìshì  ―  trivial thing

5. (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)

6. (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

• 一屁股 (yīpìgu)
• 一面屁
• 仙人放屁
• 光屁股
• 吃屁
• 吃馬屁／吃马屁
• 報屁股／报屁股
• 夾屁股／夹屁股
• 小屁孩 (xiǎopìhái)
• 屁卵
• 屁塞
• 屁大
• 屁孩 (pìhái)
• 屁屁 (pìpì)
• 屁支支
• 尿流屁滾／尿流屁滚
• 屁漏
• 屁滾尿流／屁滚尿流 (pìgǔnniàoliú)
• 屁眼 (pìyǎn)
• 屁窒仔
• 屁股
• 屁股沉
• 屁股沒坐熱／屁股没坐热
• 屁股眼 (pìguyǎn)
• 屁股蛋
• 屁股蹲兒／屁股蹲儿 (pìgǔdūnr)
• 屁話／屁话 (pìhuà)
• 屁雌寡淡
• 屁鳥人／屁鸟人
• 屎屁直流
• 屎流屁滾／屎流屁滚
• 屙屁
• 打屁 (dǎpì)
• 打屁卵
• 打屁版
• 打屁股 (dǎ pìgǔ)
• 把屁
• 拍馬屁／拍马屁 (pāi mǎpì)
• 掇臀捧屁 (duōtúnpěngpì)
• 摸老虎屁股 (mō lǎohǔ pìgu)
• 撒響屁／撒响屁
• 撒騷放屁／撒骚放屁
• 擦屁股 (cā pìgǔ)
• 放屁 (fàngpì)
• 放屁喇撒
• 放屁文字
• 放屁添風／放屁添风
• 放屁蟲／放屁虫 (fàngpìchóng)
• 放屁豆
• 放屁辣臊 (fàngpìlàsāo)
• 放屁辣騷／放屁辣骚
• 放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì)
• 放臭屁 (fàng chòupì)
• 有個屁用／有个屁用
• 沉屁股
• 火燒屁股／火烧屁股
• 狗屁 (gǒupì)
• 狗屁不通 (gǒupìbùtōng)
• 狗屁倒灶 (gǒupìdǎozào)
• 狗顛屁股／狗颠屁股
• 猴子屁股
• 脫褲子放屁／脱裤子放屁 (tuō kùzi fàngpì)
• 臭屁 (chòupì)
• 臭屁仙
• 菸屁股／烟屁股
• 跟屁精
• 跟屁股
• 跟屁蟲／跟屁虫 (gēnpìchóng)
• 除褲放屁／除裤放屁
• 顧腦袋，不顧屁股／顾脑袋，不顾屁股
• 馬屁／马屁 (mǎpì)
• 馬屁勃／马屁勃
• 馬屁浡／马屁浡
• 馬屁精／马屁精 (mǎpìjīng)
• 鴨屁股／鸭屁股

 

Japanese

Kanji

屁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. flatulence, fart

Readings

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

Compounds

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

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

屁(へ) • (he) 

1. (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”)

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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