彼

彼	U+5F7C, 彼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F7C

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[U+5F7B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

彽 →
[U+5F7D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

彼 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹人木竹水 (HODHE), four-corner 2424₇, composition ⿰彳皮)

Derived characters

𠶎, 𢜢, 𢯏, 𣷭, 𣔓, 𥓳, 𩏃, 𡮌, 𫖽, 𦋕, 𩜔, 𠥌, 𠪍, 𣤳, 𥨑, 𩕂

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
陂	pral, prals
詖	pral, prals
彼	*pralʔ
柀	*pralʔ
佊	pralʔ, prals
貱	*prals
跛	prals, paːlʔ
披	pʰral, pʰralʔ
鈹	*pʰral
帔	pʰral, pʰrals
鮍	*pʰral
耚	*pʰral
狓	*pʰral
翍	*pʰral
旇	pʰral, brals
秛	pʰral, pʰrals
紴	pʰralʔ, paːl
皮	*bral
疲	*bral
被	bralʔ, brals
髲	*brals
鞁	*brals
骳	*mbralʔ
波	*paːl
碆	paːl, baːl
菠	*paːl
簸	paːlʔ, paːls
駊	paːlʔ, pʰaːlʔ
頗	pʰaːl, pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls
坡	*pʰaːl
玻	*pʰaːl
破	*pʰaːls
婆	*baːl
蔢	*baːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pralʔ) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 皮 (OC *bral).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		彼
alternative forms		佊

Related to 夫 (OC *pa, *ba, “that”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei², pei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí
Min Dong (BUC): bī
Min Nan (POJ): pí
Wu (Wiktionary): pi (T2); pe (T2)

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, pei²
  - Yale: béi, péi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei², pei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi², péi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵/, /pʰei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi³
  - Sinological IPA: /pi³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí
  - Tâi-lô: pí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pi (T2); pe (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁴/, /pe̞³⁴/

Note:

2pi - vernacular;
2pe - literary.

Middle Chinese: /pˠiᴇ^X/

Rime
Character	彼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫委切
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

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pajʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*pralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彼
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ pje^X ›
Old Chinese	/*pajʔ/
English	that
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	彼
Reading #	1/1
No.	9690
Phonetic component	皮
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	彼
Old Chinese	/*pralʔ/

Definitions

彼

(literary) that; those
Antonym: 此 (cǐ)
(literary) he; she; it
- 夫撫劍疾視曰，『彼惡敢當我哉』！此匹夫之勇，敵一人者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夫抚剑疾视曰，‘彼恶敢当我哉’！此匹夫之勇，敌一人者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Fū fǔjiàn jíshì yuē, ‘bǐ wū gǎn dāng wǒ zāi’! Cǐ pǐfūzhīyǒng, dí yīrén zhě yě. [Pinyin]
  If a man brandishes his sword, looks fiercely, and says, "How dare he withstand me?" - this is the valour of a common man, who can be the opponent only of a single individual.
- 彼用無為有，故謂矯，若有而謂有，夫豈為矯哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  彼用无为有，故谓矫，若有而谓有，夫岂为矫哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE
  Bǐ yòng wú wéi yǒu, gù wèi jiǎo, ruò yǒu ér wèi yǒu, fū qǐ wèi jiǎo zāi! [Pinyin]
  He made use of what did not exist as if it had existed, and therefore it was called pretension. If he declared to be existent what really existed, how would this be pretension?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 那 (“that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		彼, 其, 夫, 爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		那, 該
Mandarin	Beijing	那
	Taiwan	那
	Tianjin	那
	Chengde	那
	Tangshan	那
	Cangzhou	那
	Baoding	那
	Shijiazhuang	那
	Chifeng	那
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	那
	Heihe	那
	Qiqihar	那
	Harbin	那
	Jiamusi	那
	Baicheng	那
	Changchun	那
	Tonghua	那
	Shenyang	那
	Dandong	那
	Jinzhou	那
	Dalian	那
	Yantai	那, 乜
	Yantai (Muping)	那
	Lijin	那, 乜
	Zhucheng	那, 乜
	Jinan	那
	Wanrong	𠰻, 兀₃, 奈
	Shangqiu	那
	Yuanyang	那
	Zhengzhou	那
	Lingbao	那
	Xinyang	那
	Baihe	那
	Hanzhong	那
	Xi'an	兀₃, 那
	Baoji	那
	Yinchuan	那, 呶
	Tianshui	那
	Lanzhou	那
	Dunhuang	那
	Xining	那
	Hami	那
	Ürümqi	那
	Wuhan	那
	Yichang	那
	Xiangyang	那
	Tianmen	那
	Hong'an	那
	Chengdu	那
	Nanchong	那
	Dazhou	那
	Hanyuan	那
	Xichang	那
	Zigong	那
	Chongqing	那
	Guiyang	那
	Zunyi	那
	Bijie	那
	Liping	那
	Zhaotong	那
	Dali	那
	Kunming	那
	Mengzi	那
	Guilin	那
Liuzhou	那
Jishou	那
Changde	那
Xuzhou	那
Pizhou	那
Ganyu	那
Fuyang	那
Wuhu	那, 顧
Yangzhou	那
Baoying	那
Lianyungang	那
Donghai	那
Huai'an (Huaiyin)	那
Lianshui	那
Nanjing	那
Hefei	那
Nantong	葛
Rugao	那
Yancheng	那
Funing	那
Sihong	那
Taizhou	那
Zhenjiang	那
Malaysia	那
Singapore	那
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嗰
	Hong Kong	嗰
	Macau	嗰
	Taishan	嚀, 𡃕
	Dongguan	嗰
	Yangjiang	那
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嗰
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嗰
Gan	Nanchang	許
	Nanchang (Wangcheng)	許
	Anyi	爾
	Lushan	爾
	Pengze	爾
	Duchang	爾
	Wuning (Quankou)	爾
	Poyang	爾
	Yugan	爾
	Wannian	那
	Hengfeng	爾
	Yanshan	爾
	Yanshan	爾
	Leping	恁
	Fengxin	許
	Wanzai	許
	Fengcheng	許
	Xinyu	許
	Fuzhou (Shangdundu)	恁
	Fuzhou (Dongxiang)	恁
	Nancheng	階
	Nanfeng	許
	Yihuang	里
	Lichuan	許
	Chongren	許
	Pingxiang	恁
	Ji'an	改
	Yongfeng	蓋
	Xiajiang	許
	Yingtan (Yujiang)	里
	Guixi	許
	Jinxian	恁
	Jinxi	恁
	Le'an	許
	Guangchang	該
	Anfu	改
	Wan'an	介
	Jing'an	許
Hakka	Changting	解
	Shanghang	介
	Wuping	解
	Liancheng	解
	Qingliu	介
	Yudu	界
	Shangyou (Shexi)	界
	Dayu	密
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	該
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	該
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	該
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	該
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	該
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	遐
	Hong Kong	哎
	Kuching (Hepo)	嗰
Huizhou	Jixi	那
	Shexian	那
	Wuyuan	箇
	Fuliang	爾
Jin	Taiyuan	兀₃, 那
	Yangyuan	那
	Datong	那
	Xinzhou	𠰻
	Lishi	那, 𠰻
	Linfen	兀
	Changzhi	那
	Linhe	那
	Jining	那
	Hohhot	那
	Erenhot	那
	Pingshan	那
	Zhangjiakou	那
	Handan	那
	Suide	那
Min Bei	Jian'ou	兀₄
	Songxi	兀₄
	Zhenghe	兀₄
	Jianyang	兀₄
Min Dong	Fuzhou	許
	Changle	許
	Lianjiang	許
	Fuqing	許
	Pingtan	許
	Yongtai	許
	Minqing	許
	Gutian	許
	Pingnan	許
	Luoyuan	許
	Fu'an	許
	Xiapu	許
	Zherong	那
	Shouning	許
	Zhouning	許
	Fuding	許
	Singapore (Fuqing)	許
Min Nan	Xiamen	彼, 許
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	彼
	Quanzhou	彼, 許
	Jinjiang	彼
	Nan'an	彼
	Shishi	彼
	Hui'an	彼
	Anxi	彼
	Yongchun	彼
	Dehua	彼
	Zhangzhou	彼, 許
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	彼
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	彼
	Hua'an	彼
	Nanjing	彼
	Pinghe	彼
	Zhangpu	彼
	Yunxiao	彼
	Zhao'an	彼
	Dongshan	彼
	Taipei	彼
	Kaohsiung	彼
	Penghu (Xiyu)	那
	Singapore (Hokkien)	彼
	Manila (Hokkien)	彼, 許
	Datian	彼
	Chaozhou	許
	Shantou	許
	Haifeng	許
	Singapore (Teochew)	許
	Batam (Teochew)	許
	Wenchang	許
	Singapore (Hainanese)	許
Shaojiang Min	Guangze	兀₄
Shaojiang Min	Mingxi	兀₄
Wu	Shanghai	埃, 伊
	Shanghai (Chongming)	艾, 港, 葛 also this
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	威
	Suzhou	歸
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	介面
	Wuxi	過
	Changshu	過
	Changzhou	過
	Danyang	過
	Gaochun (Zhongbao)	古
	Wenzhou	許
	Shangrao	麼
	Yushan	忽
Xiang	Changsha	那
Xiang	Shuangfeng	喏

Dialectal synonyms of 他 (“he”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		伊₁, 彼, 其, 厥, 渠, 夫, 之 object, 乃
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		他
Mandarin	Beijing	他, 怹 honorific
	Taiwan	他
	Tianjin	他
	Chengde	他
	Tangshan	他
	Cangzhou	他
	Ulanhot	他
	Tongliao	他
	Chifeng	他
	Bayanhot	他
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	他
	Heihe	他
	Qiqihar	他
	Harbin	他
	Jiamusi	他
	Baicheng	他
	Changchun	他
	Tonghua	他
	Shenyang	他
	Dandong	他
	Jinzhou	他
	Dalian	他
	Yantai	他
	Yantai (Muping)	他
	Qingdao	他
	Lijin	他
	Weifang (Weicheng)	他
	Weifang (Fangzi)	他
	Weifang (Hanting)	他
	Changyi	他
	Gaomi	他
	Zhucheng	他
	Anqiu	他
	Changle	他
	Linqu	他
	Qingzhou	他
	Shouguang	他
	Wulian	他
	Jinan	他
	Luoyang	他
	Wanrong	他, 伢
	Shangqiu	他
	Yuanyang	他
	Zhengzhou	他
	Lingbao	他
	Xinyang	他
	Baihe	他
	Hanzhong	他
	Xi'an	他
	Dingbian	他
	Baoji	他
	Yinchuan	他
	Tianshui	他
	Lanzhou	他, 那
	Dunhuang	他
	Xining	家, 他
	Hami	他
	Ürümqi	他
	Wuhan	他, 他家
	Yichang	他
	Xiangyang	他
	Tianmen	他
	Hong'an	他
	Chengdu	他
Nanchong	他
Dazhou	他
Hanyuan	他
Xichang	他
Zigong	他
Chongqing	他
Guiyang	他
Zunyi	他
Bijie	他
Liping	他
Zhaotong	他
Dali	他
Kunming	他
Mengzi	他
Guilin	他
Liuzhou	他
Nanning (Xiakuojie)	他
Nanning (Fujian)	他
Nanning (Wuming)	他
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)	他
Binyang (Nanjie)	他
Qinzhou (Longmengang)	他
Jishou	他
Changde	他
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	他
Anqing	他
Xuzhou	他
Pizhou	他
Ganyu	他
Fuyang	他
Wuhu	他
Yangzhou	他
Baoying	他
Lianyungang	他
Donghai	他
Huai'an (Huaiyin)	他
Lianshui	他
Xuyi	他
Xinghua	他
Nanjing	他
Hefei	他
Nantong	他
Rugao	他
Yancheng	他
Funing	他
Sihong	他
Taizhou	他
Zhenjiang	他
Changle (Qinjiang)	他
Yanping	他
Malaysia	他
Singapore	他
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	他
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	他
Cantonese	Guangzhou	佢
	Hong Kong	佢
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	佢
	Macau	佢
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	佢
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	佢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	佢
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	佢
	Foshan	佢
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	佢
	Foshan (Shunde)	佢
	Foshan (Sanshui)	佢
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	佢
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	佢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	佢
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	佢
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	佢
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	佢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	佢
	Taishan	佢
	Taishan (Guanghai)	佢
	Kaiping (Chikan)	佢
	Enping (Niujiang)	佢
	Heshan (Yayao)	佢
	Dongguan	佢
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	佢
	Qingyuan	佢
	Fogang	佢
	Yingde (Hanguang)	佢
	Yangshan	佢
	Lianshan (Butian)	佢
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	佢
	Shaoguan	佢
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	佢
	Renhua	佢
	Lechang	佢
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	佢
	Sihui	佢
	Guangning	佢
	Deqing	佢
	Huaiji	佢
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	佢
	Yunfu	佢
	Xinxing	佢
	Luoding	佢
	Yunan (Pingtai)	佢
	Yangjiang	佢
	Xinyi	佢
	Lianjiang	佢
	Nanning	佢
	Wuzhou	佢
	Yulin	佢
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	佢
	Baise	佢
	Qinzhou	佢
	Beihai	佢
	Beihai (Nankang)	佢
	Beihai (Yingpan)	佢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	佢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	佢
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	佢
	Danzhou	佢
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	佢
	Penang (Guangfu)	佢
Singapore (Guangfu)	佢
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	佢
Móng Cái	佢
Yangon (Taishan)	佢
Mandalay (Taishan)	佢
Gan	Nanchang	渠
	Nanchang (Wangcheng)	渠
	Anyi	渠仂
	Lushan	渠
	Pengze	渠
	Duchang	渠, 渠儂
	Wuning (Quankou)	渠
	Poyang	渠
	Yugan	渠, 渠郎
	Wannian	渠
	Hengfeng	渠, 渠仂
	Yanshan	渠, 渠仂
	Leping	渠
	Yichun	渠
	Yifeng	渠
	Gao'an	渠
	Fengxin	渠
	Shanggao	渠
	Wanzai	渠
	Fengcheng	渠
	Xinyu	渠
	Fuzhou (Shangdundu)	渠
	Fuzhou (Dongxiang)	渠仂
	Nancheng	渠
	Nanfeng	渠仂, 渠
	Yihuang	渠
	Lichuan	渠
	Chongren	渠
	Pingxiang	他
	Lianhua	渠
	Ji'an	渠
	Yongfeng	渠
	Taihe	渠
	Xiajiang	渠
	Yongxin	渠
	Yingtan (Yujiang)	渠
	Guixi	渠, 渠仂
	Jianning	使
	Jinxian	渠
	Jinxi	渠
	Le'an	渠
	Guangchang	渠
	Anfu	渠
	Suichuan	渠
	Wan'an	渠
	Jing'an	渠
	Zhangshu	渠
	Xingan	渠
	Fenyi	渠
Hakka	Meixian	佢
	Xingning	佢
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	佢
	Huidong (Daling)	佢
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	佢
	Boluo (Bendihua)	佢
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	佢
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	佢
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	佢
	Wuhua (Meilin)	佢
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	佢
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	佢
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	佢
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	佢
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	佢
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	佢
	Liannan	佢
	Conghua (Lütian)	佢
	Jiexi	佢
	Changting	佢
	Shanghang	佢
	Yongding	佢
	Wuping	佢
	Wuping (Pingyu)	佢
	Liancheng	佢
	Ninghua	佢
	Qingliu	佢
	Yudu	佢
	Ruijin	佢
	Shicheng	佢
	Shangyou (Shexi)	佢
	Dingnan	佢
	Longnan	佢
	Xunwu	佢
	Huichang	佢
	Nankang	佢
	Chongyi	佢
	Xingguo	佢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	佢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	佢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	佢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	佢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	佢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佢
	Hong Kong	佢
	Luchuan	佢
	Bobai (Shahe)	佢
	Bobai (Longtan)	佢
	Bobai (Lingping)	佢
	Bobai (Lingjiao)	佢
	Sabah (Longchuan)	佢
	Senai (Huiyang)	佢
	Kuching (Hepo)	佢
	Singkawang	佢
	Bangkok (Meixian)	佢
Huizhou	Jixi	渠, 渠仂
	Dexing	渠
	Chun'an (Qiandaohu)	渠
	Jiande (Meicheng)	渠
	Jiande (Shouchang)	渠, 渠儂
Jin	Taiyuan	他
	Yangyuan	他
	Datong	他
	Xinzhou	他
	Lishi	他
	Linfen	他
	Changzhi	他
	Taibus (Baochang)	他
	Linhe	他
	Jining	他
	Hohhot	他
	Baotou	他
	Dongsheng	他
	Haibowan	他
	Erenhot	他
	Pingshan	他
	Zhangjiakou	他
	Handan	他
	Linzhou	他
	Suide	他
Min Bei	Jian'ou	渠
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	渠
	Songxi	渠
	Zhenghe	渠
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	渠
	Jianyang	渠
	Pucheng (Shibei)	渠
Min Dong	Fuzhou	伊₁
	Changle	伊₁
	Lianjiang	伊₁
	Fuqing	伊₁
	Pingtan	伊₁
	Yongtai	伊₁
	Minqing	伊₁
	Gutian	伊₁
	Pingnan	伊₁
	Luoyuan	伊₁
	Fu'an	伊₁
	Ningde	伊₁
	Xiapu	伊₁
	Zherong	伊₁
	Shouning	伊₁
	Zhouning	伊₁
	Fuding	伊₁
	Matsu	伊₁
	Taishun	伊₁
	Cangnan	伊₁
	Manjung (Gutian)	伊₁
Min Nan	Xiamen	伊₁
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	伊₁
	Quanzhou	伊₁
	Jinjiang	伊₁
	Nan'an	伊₁
	Shishi	伊₁
	Hui'an	伊₁
	Anxi	伊₁
	Yongchun	伊₁
	Dehua	伊₁
	Zhangzhou	伊₁
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	伊₁
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	伊₁
	Hua'an	伊₁
	Nanjing	伊₁
	Pinghe	伊₁
	Zhangpu	伊₁
	Yunxiao	伊₁
	Zhao'an	伊₁
	Dongshan	伊₁
	Taipei	伊₁
	Taipei (Wanhua)	伊₁
	Kaohsiung	伊₁
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	伊₁
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	伊₁
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	伊₁
	Yilan	伊₁
	Changhua (Lukang)	伊₁
	Taichung	伊₁
	Taichung (Wuqi)	伊₁
	Tainan	伊₁
	Taitung	伊₁
	Hsinchu	伊₁
	Kinmen	伊₁
	Penghu (Magong)	伊₁
	Penang (Hokkien)	伊₁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	伊₁
	Manila (Hokkien)	伊₁
	Medan (Hokkien)	伊₁
	Longyan	伊₁
	Zhangping	伊₁
	Datian	伊₁
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	他, 伊₁
	Guilin (Biyange)	伊₁
	Cangnan	伊₁
	Chaozhou	伊₁
	Shantou	伊₁
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	伊₁
	Jieyang	伊₁
	Haifeng	伊₁
	Bangkok (Teochew)	伊₁
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	伊₁
	Singapore (Teochew)	伊₁
	Pontianak (Teochew)	伊₁
	Leizhou	伊₁
	Wenchang	伊₁
	Haikou	伊₁
	Qionghai	伊₁
	Singapore (Hainanese)	伊₁
Puxian Min	Putian	伊₁
Puxian Min	Xianyou	伊₁
Min Zhong	Yong'an	佢
	Sanyuan	佢
	Shaxian	佢
	Yanping (Wangtai)	佢
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	𠇼
	Guangze	𠇼
	Jiangle	渠
	Mingxi	渠
	Shunchang	渠
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	伊₁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	佢
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	他
Shehua	Jingning	渠
Wu	Shanghai	伊₂
	Shanghai (Chongming)	伊₂
	Shanghai (Jiading)	伊₂
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	是渠, 實渠, 渠
	Suzhou	俚, 俚倷, 唔倷
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	伊₂, 伊奴
	Wuxi	佗
	Changshu	伊₂
	Haimen	他, 伊₂
	Jiaxing	伊內
	Jiashan	伊₂, 伊儂
	Pinghu	伊儂
	Haining (Yanguan)	伊₂
	Tongxiang	伊₂, 夷儂
	Haiyan	伊₂, 葉內, 候內
	Changzhou	佗
	Danyang	他
	Gaochun	他
	Huzhou	是其
	Changxing	是夷, 夷
	Anji	其
	Deqing	夷
	Hangzhou	他
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	夷, 其
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	夷, 是夷, 其
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	夷, 是夷
	Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)	夷
	Tonglu	夷, 是夷
	Tonglu (Wusheng)	夷, 他
	Shaoxing	夷
	Zhuji	其
	Shengzhou	夷
	Xinchang	其
	Ningbo	渠, 渠儂
	Zhenhai	其
	Fenghua	其
	Yuyao	渠
	Cixi	渠
	Xiangshan	其, 像其
	Ninghai	其, 其儂
	Zhoushan	其
	Huangyan	渠
	Tiantai	渠
	Xianju	渠
	Sanmen	渠
	Linhai	渠
	Wenling	渠
	Wenzhou	渠
	Yueqing	渠
	Yongjia (Fenglin)	渠
	Rui'an	渠
	Pingyang	渠
	Taishun	其
	Wencheng	渠
	Lishui	渠
	Qingtian	渠
	Jinyun	渠
	Wuyi (Liucheng)	渠
	Songyang (Xiping)	渠
	Yunhe	他, 其
	Jingning	他, 渠
	Qingyuan	渠
	Longquan	渠
	Quzhou	渠
Suichang	渠
Jiangshan	渠
Changshan	渠
Kaihua	渠
Longyou	渠, 渠儂
Jinhua	渠
Jinhua (Tangxi)	渠, 渠儂
Yiwu	渠
Yongkang	渠
Pujiang	其, 徐
Dongyang	渠
Wuyi	渠
Lanxi	渠, 渠儂
Xiang	Changsha	他
	Loudi	他
	Shuangfeng	他
	Quanzhou	他
Note	These also apply for other third person singular pronouns 佢 is preferred in Yue and Hakka, while 渠 is preferred elsewhere

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彼):

→ Japanese: 彼(ひ) (hi)
→ Korean: 피(彼) (pi)
→ Vietnamese: bỉ (彼)

Compounds

不分彼此
何彼襛矣／何彼𰳺矣
厚彼薄此
厚此薄彼
彼倡此和
彼唱此和
彼岸
彼得
彼得大帝
彼此

彼眾我寡／彼众我寡
彼竭我盈
彼蒼／彼苍
彼長我消／彼长我消
挹彼注此
挹彼注茲／挹彼注兹
此仆彼起
此唱彼和
此問彼難／此问彼难

此發彼應／此发彼应
此起彼伏
此起彼落
瞻彼洛矣
知己知彼
知彼知己
聖彼得堡／圣彼得堡
誓彼襟靈／誓彼襟灵
顧此失彼／顾此失彼

Etymology 2

Related to 許／许 (hí, hír, “that”); see there for more.

Pronunciation 2 is a fusion word of 許／许 (hí, hír, “that”) + 一 (it, “one”); compare Mandarin 那 (nèi), from 那 (nà, “that”) + 一 (yī, “one”) (Mei and Yang, 1995).

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		彼
alternative forms		許／许赫

Min Nan (POJ): hé / he

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé
  - Tâi-lô: hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he
  - Tâi-lô: he
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /he⁴⁴/

Definitions

彼

(Zhangzhou, Taiwanese Hokkien) that (demonstrative pronoun)
這是阮老母，彼是阮老爸。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
这是阮老母，彼是阮老爸。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Che sī goán lāu-bó, he sī goán lāu-pē. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
This is my mother, and that is my father.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 那個 (“that; that one”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		那個
Mandarin	Beijing	那個
	Taiwan	那個
	Harbin	那個
	Jinan	那個
	Luoyang	那個
	Wanrong	兀個
	Xi'an	兀個, 奈個
	Yinchuan	那個
	Xining	奈個
	Ürümqi	那個
	Wuhan	那個
	Chengdu	那個
	Guiyang	那個
	Liuzhou	那個
	Xuzhou	那個
	Yangzhou	那個
	Nanjing	那個
	Hefei	那個
	Singapore	那個
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嗰個
	Hong Kong	嗰個
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	嗰個
	Macau	嗰個
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	嗰個, 嚕個
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	個個
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	嗰隻
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嗰個
	Foshan	嗰個
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	嚕個
	Foshan (Shunde)	嚕個
	Foshan (Sanshui)	嗰個
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	嗰個
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	呶個
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	嗰個
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	嗰個
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	嚀個
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	嚀個
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	嚀個
	Taishan	𡃕個, 嚀個
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嚀個
	Enping (Niujiang)	嚀個
	Dongguan	嗰個
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嗰個
	Qingyuan	嗰個
	Fogang	嗰個
	Yingde (Hanguang)	嗰個
	Yangshan	嗰拉
	Shaoguan	嗰個
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	嗰個
	Renhua	嗰個
	Lechang	嗰個
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	那個
	Sihui	嗰個, 嗰呢
	Guangning	嗰呢
	Deqing	阿個
	Yunfu	嗰個
	Luoding	嗰個
	Yunan (Pingtai)	阿個
	Yangjiang	那個
	Xinyi	那隻
	Maoming (Xinpo)	那隻
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嗰個
Gan	Lichuan	那個
Gan	Pingxiang	那個
Hakka	Meixian	該個, 該隻
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蓋隻
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	哎隻
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蓋隻
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	伊隻
	Conghua (Lütian)	蓋隻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	該個, 該隻
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	該個, 該隻
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	該個, 該隻
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	該個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	該個, 該隻
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	遐個, 遐隻
Huizhou	Jixi	那個
Jin	Taiyuan	兀個, 那個
Min Bei	Jian'ou	兀隻
Min Dong	Fuzhou	許隻, 許一隻, 許回
Min Nan	Xiamen	彼個
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	彼個
	Quanzhou	彼個
	Jinjiang	彼個
	Nan'an	彼個
	Shishi	彼個
	Hui'an	彼個
	Anxi	彼個
	Yongchun	彼個
	Dehua	彼個
	Zhangzhou	彼個
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	彼個
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	彼個
	Hua'an	彼個
	Nanjing	彼個
	Pinghe	彼個
	Zhangpu	彼個
	Yunxiao	彼個
	Zhao'an	彼個
	Dongshan	彼個
	Taipei	彼個
	Kaohsiung	彼個
	Yilan	彼個
	Changhua (Lukang)	彼個
	Taichung	彼個
	Taichung (Wuqi)	彼個
	Tainan	彼
	Taitung	彼個
	Hsinchu	彼個
	Kinmen	彼個
	Penghu (Magong)	彼個
	Singapore (Hokkien)	彼個
	Manila (Hokkien)	彼個
	Datian	彼個
	Chaozhou	許個
	Shantou	許個
	Shantou (Chenghai)	許個
	Jieyang	許個
	Singapore (Teochew)	許個
	Batam (Teochew)	許個
	Wenchang	許個, 許枚
	Haikou	許個, 許枚
	Singapore (Hainanese)	許個, 許枚
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	許個
Wu	Shanghai	埃個, 伊個
	Suzhou	歸格
	Hangzhou	那個, 那葛
	Wenzhou	海個
Xiang	Changsha	那個, 那隻
	Loudi	那個
	Shuangfeng	喏個

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		彼
alternative forms		許／许迄

Min Nan (POJ): hit

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hit
  - Tâi-lô: hit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hit̚³²/

Definitions

彼

(Min Nan) that (demonstrative determiner)
彼本冊／彼本册 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― hit pún chheh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― that book

Japanese

Kanji

彼

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
Kun: あ (a, 彼); あの (ano, 彼の); あれ (are, 彼); あれ (are, 彼れ); か (ka, 彼); かれ (kare, 彼, Jōyō); かの (kano, 彼, Jōyō ^†)
Nanori: その (sono)

Compounds

彼処(あそこ) (asoko, “that place over there, that organization over there”)
彼方(あちら, かなた) (achira, kanata, “that way, that over there; far away”)
彼女(かのじょ) (kanojo, “she, girlfriend”)
彼我(ひが) (higa, “friend and foe”)
彼(ひ)岸(がん) (higan)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
彼
か Grade: S
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) か [káꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠]

Pronoun

彼(か) • (ka)

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon

Derived terms

彼(かの) (kano), 彼(か)の (kano, “his; that”)
彼(かれ) (kare, “he”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
彼
かれ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
儂 (rare)

From Old Japanese. Compound of 彼 (ka, “that, yon”) +‎ れ (-re, nominalizing suffix for demonstratives). Found in the Man'yōshū compiled around 759.

The sense development seems to have proceeded from "that thing over there" to "that person over there [of indeterminate gender]". The specifically male sense of "he" only arose later during the late Edo period and early Meiji period, influenced by translations of texts from European languages.[2][1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かれ [káꜜrè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾe̞]

Pronoun

彼(かれ) • (kare)

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4045)
  於伎敝欲里美知久流之保能伊也麻之尓安我毛布支見我弥不根可母加礼
third person pronoun: he, she
1. particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he
  Coordinate term: 彼女 (kanojo, “she”)
2. by extension from he: boyfriend
  Synonym: 彼氏 (kareshi)
  Coordinate term: 彼女 (kanojo, “girlfriend”)

Derived terms

彼氏(かれし) (kareshi, “boyfriend”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
彼
か(の) Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 彼 – see the following entry.

【かの】	[adnominal] that [one] (distant from both speaker and listener) [pronoun] (obsolete) you-know-who, you-know-what Alternative spellings 彼の, 彼

(This term, 彼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
彼
あ Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 彼 – see the following entry.

【あ】H	[pronoun] distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon

(This term, 彼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
彼
あれ Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 彼 – see the following entry.

【あれ】

[pronoun] distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon

[pronoun] (deictically) that one over there (far from the speaker and the addressee)

[pronoun] (anaphorically) that one we both know (both the speaker and the addressee know)

[pronoun] (chiefly derogatory) third-person personal pronoun: he, she, that person

[pronoun] you-know-what; a thing whose name the speaker do not want to mention

[pronoun] sex

[pronoun] cockroach

[pronoun] (archaic) second-person pronoun: you

[interjection] huh? (expression of surprise and confusion when talking to yourself)

Alternative spellings
彼, 彼れ

(This term, 彼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 彼 (MC pˠiᴇ^X). Recorded as Middle Korean 피〯 (phǐ) (Yale: phi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource彼 (eumhun 저 피 (jeo pi))

Hanja form^? of 피 (“that; those”).

Compounds

피변 (彼邊, pibyeon)
피아 (彼我, pia)
피안 (彼岸, pian)
피인 (彼人, piin)
피일 (彼日, piil)
피척 (彼隻, picheok)
지피 (持彼, jipi)
곡재피 (曲在彼, gokjaepi)
어차피 (於此彼, eochapi)
이차피 (以此彼, ichapi)
어차어피 (於此於彼, eocha'eopi)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

彼: Hán Nôm readings: bỉ, bể, bở

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Compounds

彼嗇斯豐 (bỉ sắc tư phong)

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-2] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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