# 鄙

| 鄙 | U+9119, &#37145; 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 6762$_7$, composition ⿰啚阝)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鄙 | *prɯʔ |
| 啚 | *prɯʔ, *daː |
Originally written 啚.
Now ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯʔ) : phonetic 啚 (OC *prɯʔ, *daː, “border town”) + 邑 (“city”) – border town.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǐ (bi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): bǐ / pǐ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phí / pí
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$pi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^3$
*** Yale: bǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bii
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^2$
*** Yale: péi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯³⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐ / pǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹/, /pʰi²¹/
* Southern Min
** (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
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$pi
*** MiniDict: pi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$pi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit鄙 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pi²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pi⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pi³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pʰji⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pi⁵³/ /pi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pi⁴⁴²/ /pʰi⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pi⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pʰi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pi²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pz̩²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pi⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pi⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pi³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pi⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pi⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /pei⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰi³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pʰi³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pʰi⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pʰi⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰi³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pʰei³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pʰi³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pʰei³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pʰi³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pi²¹/ /pʰi²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /fi³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: pijX
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 |
| Baxter | pijX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pji$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pji$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*prəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*prɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鄙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pij$^X$ › |
| 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
* mean; ignoble; low
    鄙陋 ― bǐlòu ― shallow
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg
    Ròushízhě bǐ, wèinéng yuǎnmóu. [Pinyin]
    Those who eat meat are base and unable to make long-range plans.
* (humble) my
* (literary) to despise; to hold in contempt
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg
    Wǒ jiē yǒulǐ, fū yóu bǐ wǒ. [Pinyin]
    Even if we all maintain ritual propriety, they still scorn us.
* (literary) countryside; country; border town
    From: Guoyu, circa 4th century BCE
    Xīzhě shèngwáng zhī zhì qí mín yě, sān qí guó ér wǔ qí bǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (literary) remote place; march
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th 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, běi bǐ èr yú jǐ. [Pinyin]
    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

* (antonym(s) of “despise”): 敬 (jìng), 尊 (zūn), 崇 (chóng)

#### Compounds

* 北鄙
* 卑鄙
* 卑鄙無恥／卑鄙无耻 (bēibǐwúchǐ)
* 卑鄙齷齪／卑鄙龌龊 (bēibǐwòchuò)
* 可鄙 (kěbǐ)
* 嗤鄙 (chībǐ)
* 嫌鄙 (xiánbǐ)
* 樸鄙／朴鄙
* 粗鄙 (cūbǐ)
* 肉食者鄙 (ròushízhěbǐ)
* 草鄙
* 貪鄙／贪鄙
* 貴遠鄙近／贵远鄙近
* 輕鄙／轻鄙
* 邊鄙／边鄙 (biānbǐ)
* 都鄙
* 都鄙有章
* 鄙事
* 鄙人 (bǐrén)
* 鄙俚 (bǐlǐ)
* 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
* 鄙俗不堪
* 鄙倍
* 鄙厭／鄙厌
* 鄙吝 (bǐlìn)
* 鄙固
* 鄙夫
* 鄙夫之見／鄙夫之见
* 鄙夷 (bǐyí)
* 鄙家
* 鄙屑
* 鄙師／鄙师
* 鄙悃
* 鄙意 (bǐyì)
* 鄙懷／鄙怀
* 鄙斥
* 鄙易
* 鄙棄／鄙弃 (bǐqì)
* 鄙猥
* 鄙生
* 鄙視／鄙视 (bǐshì)
* 鄙稱／鄙称 (bǐchēng)
* 鄙笑
* 鄙累
* 鄙背
* 鄙薄 (bǐbó)
* 鄙袒
* 鄙褻語／鄙亵语
* 鄙見／鄙见 (bǐjiàn)
* 鄙言
* 鄙言俚語／鄙言俚语
* 鄙言累句
* 鄙詐／鄙诈
* 鄙誠／鄙诚
* 鄙語／鄙语
* 鄙諺／鄙谚
* 鄙賤／鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)
* 鄙近
* 鄙遠／鄙远
* 鄙野
* 鄙陋 (bǐlòu)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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(へん)鄙(ぴ) (henpi)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鄙
* とひと Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Originally a compound of 外 (to, “outside”) +‎ 人 (hito, “person”). The kanji used is an example of jukujikun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [to̞çito̞]

### Noun

鄙(とひと) • (tohito)
* (archaic, derogatory) a countrified or rustic person: a hick, a bumpkin

## Korean
### Hanja

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

鄙: Hán Nôm readings: bỉ, bẽ
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