# 呸

| 呸 | U+5478, &#21624; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5478 |
| ← 呷 [U+5477] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 呹 → [U+5479] |

## Translingual
### Han character

呸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口一火一 (RMFM), four-corner 6101$_9$, composition ⿰口丕)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3462
* Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 599, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5478

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 丕.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pēi (pei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phùi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pei
*** Wade–Giles: pʻei$^1$
*** Yale: pēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pei
*** Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^1$
*** Yale: pēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
*** Hakka Romanization System: pi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi
*** Tâi-lô: phuì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phuix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹/

#### Definitions

呸
* (strong, offensive) bah!; ugh!
       Pēi! Wǒ cái bù zàihu nǐ shēng bù shēngqì ne. [Pinyin]
       Bah! I don't care if you're angry.

##### Usage notes

* The Chinese usage carries a generally stronger offensive or antagonistic connotation than the corresponding interjection bah or similar in English.

##### Compounds

* 呸呸
* 呸搶／呸抢

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phùi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pui$^3$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi
*** Tâi-lô: phuì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phuix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pui$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phùi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰui²¹³/

#### Definitions

呸
* (Southern Min) to spit

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 吐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 吐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 吐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 吐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 吐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 吐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 吐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 吐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 吐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 吐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 吐, 𦧲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 吐, 𦧲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 𦧲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 吐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 吐 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 吐, 𦧲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 吐 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 吐 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 吐 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 吐 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 唾, 哯 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 吐 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 啡 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 吐 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 啡 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 啡 |
| Hakka | Changting | 吐 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 啡 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 吐 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 吐 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 吐 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 吐 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 吐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 哯 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 哯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 哯 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 哯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 哯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 吐, 哯 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 吐 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 啡 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 吐 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 啡 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 啡 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 啡 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 吐 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 啡 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 啡 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 唾 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 吐 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 呸 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 吐 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 吐 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吐 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 啡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 啡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 啡 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 啡 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 啡 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 啡 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 啡 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 啡 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 啡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 啡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 呸 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 吐 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 吐 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 吐 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 呸 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 吐 |
| Wu | Danyang | 吐 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 吐 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吐 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 吐 |

##### Compounds

* 呸痰
* 痰呸

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ひ (hi)

## Korean
### Hanja

呸 (eum 비 (bi))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

呸: Hán Nôm readings: phi, bậy, phôi
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