鄙

鄙

鄙 U+9119, 鄙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9119 ← 鄘 [U+9118] CJK Unified Ideographs 鄚 → [U+911A]

Translingual

Han character

鄙 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口田弓中 (RWNL), four-corner 6762₇, composition ⿰啚阝)

References

• KangXi: page 1276, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39597
• Dae Jaweon: page 1776, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3792, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9119

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Chinese

trad.		鄙
simp. #		鄙
2nd round simp.		𨚍
alternative forms		啚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鄙	*prɯʔ
啚	*prɯʔ, *daː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *prɯʔ) : phonetic 啚 (OC *prɯʔ, *daː) + 邑.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐ (bi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei²
• Min Bei (KCR): bǐ / pǐ
• Min Nan (POJ): phí / pí
• Wu (Wiktionary): pi (T2)

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• 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: pei²
    • Yale: péi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐ / pǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹/, /pʰi²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí
    • Tâi-lô: phí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí
    • Tâi-lô: pí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pi (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 鄙
Mandarin	Beijing	/pi²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/pi⁵³/
	Tianjin	/pi¹³/
	Jinan	/pi²¹/
	Qingdao	/pi⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/pi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/pʰi⁵³/
	Xining	/pʰji⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/pi⁵³/ /pi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/pi⁴⁴²/ /pʰi⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/pi⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/pʰi⁴²/
	Chengdu	/pʰi⁵³/
	Guiyang	/pʰi⁴²/
	Kunming	/pʰi⁵³/
	Nanjing	/pi²¹²/
	Hefei	/pz̩²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pi⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/pʰi⁵³/
	Hohhot	/pi⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/pi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/pi⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/pi⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/pei⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰi³⁵/
	Tunxi	/pʰi³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/pʰi⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/pʰi⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰi³¹/
	Taoyuan	/pʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pʰei³⁵/
	Nanning	/pʰi³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/pʰei³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/pʰi⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/pʰi³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/pi²¹/ /pʰi²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/pʰi⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/fi³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiɪ^X/

Rime
Character	鄙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方美切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiX/
Li Rong	/pjiX/
Wang Li	/piX/
Bernard Karlgren	/piX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*prəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鄙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ pijX ›
Old Chinese	/*prəʔ/
English	border town
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	鄙
Reading #	1/1
No.	550
Phonetic component	啚
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鄙
Old Chinese	/*prɯʔ/

Definitions

鄙

1. countrified
2. mean; ignoble
3. (humble) my
4. (literary) to despise; to hold in contempt
5. (literary) remote place; march

   既而大叔命西鄙、北鄙貳於己。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   既而大叔命西鄙、北鄙贰于己。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

   Jì'ér tàishú mìng xī bǐ, bò bǐ èr yú jǐ. [Pinyin (Taiwanese Mandarin)]

   Shorty thereafter, the Senior Younger Brother commanded the western and northern marches to switch their allegiance to him.

Synonyms

• (despise): 蔑 (miè), 藐 (miǎo)

Antonyms

• (despise): 敬 (jìng), 尊 (zūn), 崇 (chóng)

Compounds

北鄙 卑鄙 (bēibǐ) 可鄙 (kěbǐ) 嗤鄙 (chībǐ) 嫌鄙 (xiánbǐ) 粗鄙 (cūbǐ) 肉食者鄙 (ròushízhěbǐ) 草鄙 都鄙 都鄙有章 鄙事 鄙人 (bǐrén) 鄙俗 (bǐsú) 鄙俗不堪 鄙俚 (bǐlǐ) 鄙倍 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) 鄙固 鄙夫 鄙夷 (bǐyí) 鄙家

鄙屑 鄙悃 鄙意 (bǐyì) 鄙斥 鄙易 鄙猥 鄙生 鄙笑 鄙累 鄙背 鄙薄 (bǐbó) 鄙袒 鄙言 鄙言累句 鄙近 鄙野 鄙陋 (bǐlòu) 卑鄙無恥／卑鄙无耻 (bēibǐwúchǐ) 卑鄙齷齪／卑鄙龌龊 (bēibǐwòchuò) 樸鄙／朴鄙

貪鄙／贪鄙 貴遠鄙近／贵远鄙近 輕鄙／轻鄙 邊鄙／边鄙 (biānbǐ) 鄙厭／鄙厌 鄙夫之見／鄙夫之见 鄙師／鄙师 鄙懷／鄙怀 鄙棄／鄙弃 (bǐqì) 鄙稱／鄙称 (bǐchēng) 鄙褻語／鄙亵语 鄙見／鄙见 (bǐjiàn) 鄙視／鄙视 (bǐshì) 鄙言俚語／鄙言俚语 鄙詐／鄙诈 鄙語／鄙语 鄙誠／鄙诚 鄙諺／鄙谚 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn) 鄙遠／鄙远

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Japanese

Kanji

鄙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ひな (hina, 鄙); ひなぶ (hinabu, 鄙ぶ); ひなびる (hinabiru, 鄙びる); さげすむ (sagesumu, 鄙む); いやしい (iyashii, 鄙しい); かたなむ (katanamu, 鄙む); とひと (tohito)

Compounds

• (countrified): 辺鄙

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鄙
とひと Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Originally a compound of 外 (to, “outside”) +‎ 人 (hito, “person”). The kanji used is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [to̞çito̞]

Noun

鄙(とひと) • (tohito) 

1. (archaic, derogatory) a countrified or rustic person: a hick, a bumpkin

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Korean

Hanja

鄙 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

1. mean
2. low

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Vietnamese

Han character

鄙: Hán Nôm readings: bỉ, bẽ

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