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: 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
Min Nan (POJ): phì / pí / pī

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei²
  - Yale: béi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /pˠiᴇ^X/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/pje^X/
Wang Li	/pǐe^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei²

Definitions

俾

(literary) to make; to cause; to enable
^† 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

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pai³

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: pai³
  - Yale: pai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: pei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐi̯³³/

Definitions

俾

Only used in 俾倪.

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ

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

Only used in 安俾.

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

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

^† Alternative form of 比 (bǐ).

Pronunciation 5

Cantonese (Jyutping): bei²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei²
  - Yale: béi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/

Definitions

俾

(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

(uncommon “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

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