睥睨

睥睨

Chinese

		look askance	look askance
simp. and trad. (睥睨)		睥	睨
variant forms		俾倪 埤堄 wall

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìnì, bìnì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ, ㄅㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pai³ ngai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: pìnì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihnih
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan, dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: bìnì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihnih
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pai³ ngai⁶
    • Yale: pai ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pai³ ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pei³ ngei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɐi̯³³ ŋɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰei^H  ŋei^H/▼

Rime
Character	睥	睨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	匹詣切	五計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰeiH/	/ŋeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰeiH/	/ŋeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɛiH/	/ŋɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɛjH/	/ŋɛjH/
Li Rong	/pʰeiH/	/ŋeiH/
Wang Li	/pʰieiH/	/ŋieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰieiH/	/ŋieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pì	yì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːs  ŋeːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睥	睨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	361	2754
Phonetic component	卑	兒
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	媲	詣
Old Chinese	/*pʰeːs/	/*ŋeːs/
Notes		見淮南子

Verb

睥睨

1. (literary) to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye
2. (literary) to spy upon

Derived terms

睥睨物表

睥睨窺覦／睥睨窥觎

Noun

睥睨

1. (literary) crenelated parapet wall