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)

References

KangXi: 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, 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, SP): pi⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): pei³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): pei¹
Gan (Wiktionary): pi³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phi
(Meixian, Guangdong): pi⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): pi³
Min Bei (KCR): pṳ̿
Min Dong (BUC): pói / pé
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phì / phùi
(Teochew, Peng'im): pui³ / pi⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): phi (T2)
Xiang (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)⁺
  - 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 Meinong)
  - 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): /pʰxi⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pṳ̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰy³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pói / pé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/, /pʰɛi²¹³/

Note:

pói - colloquial;
pé - literary.

Min Nan
- (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
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: phi (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: /pʰiɪ^H/

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
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 0257-0238, issue 590, page 60
  Guāngtóu piězuǐ: “Wǒmen de shìjiè nǐ dǒng ge pì! Wǔlì jiùshì fǎ!” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this 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

Derived terms from 屁

一屁股 (yīpìgu)
一面屁
仙人放屁
光屁股
吃屁
小屁孩 (xiǎopìhái)
屁卵
屁塞
屁大
屁孩 (pìhái)
屁屁 (pìpì)
屁支支
屁漏
屁眼 (pìyǎn)
屁窒仔
屁股 (pìgu)
屁股沉
屁股眼 (pìguyǎn)
屁股蛋
屁雌寡淡
屎屁直流
屙屁
打屁 (dǎpì)
打屁卵
打屁版

打屁股 (dǎ pìgǔ)
把屁
掇臀捧屁 (duōtúnpěngpì)
摸老虎屁股 (mō lǎohǔ pìgu)
擦屁股 (cā pìgǔ)
放屁 (fàngpì)
放屁喇撒
放屁文字
放屁豆
放屁辣臊 (fàngpìlàsāo)
放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì)
放臭屁 (fàngchòupì)
沉屁股
狗屁 (gǒupì)
狗屁不通 (gǒupìbùtōng)
狗屁倒灶
猴子屁股
臭屁 (chòupì)
臭屁仙
跟屁精
跟屁股
吃馬屁／吃马屁
報屁股／报屁股
夾屁股／夹屁股
尿流屁滾／尿流屁滚

屁滾尿流／屁滚尿流
屁股沒坐熱／屁股没坐热
屁股蹲兒／屁股蹲儿 (pìgǔdūnr)
屁話／屁话 (pìhuà)
屁鳥人／屁鸟人
屎流屁滾／屎流屁滚
拍馬屁／拍马屁 (pāi mǎpì)
撒響屁／撒响屁
撒騷放屁／撒骚放屁
放屁添風／放屁添风
放屁蟲／放屁虫 (fàngpìchóng)
放屁辣騷／放屁辣骚
有個屁用／有个屁用
火燒屁股／火烧屁股
狗顛屁股／狗颠屁股
脫褲子放屁／脱裤子放屁 (tuō kùzi fàngpì)
菸屁股／烟屁股
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

(uncommon “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 Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

Likely from Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pya (“flatus, fart”), itself likely an onomatopoeia. First cited to the Shinsen Jikyō, c. 898-901 CE.[1]

Cognate with Proto-Ryukyuan *pe (“flatus, fart”).

Compare:

Proto-Indo-European *perd- (“to fart”), Sanskrit पर्द (parda, “fart”)
Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pja-n/t/s (“fart; shit”), Middle Chinese 屁 (MC pʰiɪ^H)
Proto-Mon-Khmer *phoom (“to break wind, to fart”), Khmer ផោម (phaom, “fart”)

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 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →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 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN