鄙吝

鄙吝

Chinese

		rustic; low; base rustic; low; base; mean	stingy
trad. (鄙吝)		鄙	吝
simp. #(鄙吝)		鄙	吝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐlìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² leon⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): phí-līn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐlìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐlìn
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-lin⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-lìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biilinn
    • Palladius: билинь (bilinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei² leon⁶
    • Yale: péi leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei² loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi² lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵ lɵn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-līn
    • Tâi-lô: phí-līn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phylin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lin³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiɪ^X  liɪn^H/

Rime
Character	鄙	吝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方美切	良刃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪX/	/liɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiX/	/linH/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪX/	/ljenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiX/	/linH/
Li Rong	/pjiX/	/liĕnH/
Wang Li	/piX/	/lĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/piX/	/li̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	lìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2	lan6

Adjective

鄙吝

1. (literary) distasteful; vulgar; low
2. (literary) stingy; miserly

Synonyms

• (distasteful):

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低下 (dīxià) 低俗 (dīsú) 俗骨 (Cantonese) 卑俗 (bēisú) 庸俗 (yōngsú)

鄙俗 (bǐsú) 低級／低级 (dījí) 俗氣／俗气 (súqì) 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)

• (stingy):

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吝嗇／吝啬 (lìnsè) 小氣／小气 (xiǎoqì) 慳吝／悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)

摳／抠 (kōu) 摳門／抠门 (kōumén)

Antonyms

• (distasteful):

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Synonyms of 鄙吝

典雅 (diǎnyǎ) 古雅 (gǔyǎ) 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment) 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds) 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary) 文雅 (wényǎ) 斯文 (sīwén) 斯文胎胎 (Sichuan) 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)

柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery) 酥巧 (Min Nan) 雅相 (Xiang) 高尚 (gāoshàng) 高雅 (gāoyǎ) 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery) 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng) 文靜／文静 (wénjìng) 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)