# 嚊

| 嚊 | U+568A, &#22154; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-568A |
| ← 嚉 [U+5689] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嚋 → [U+568B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嚊 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口竹山中 (RHUL), composition ⿰口鼻)
* to pant
* wife

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4467
* Dae Jaweon: page 434, character 36
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 696, character 17
* Unihan data for U+568A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 箅 | *piːds, *pids |
| 濞 | *pʰiːds, *pʰrids |
| 畀 | *pids |
| 痹 | *pids |
| 淠 | *pʰrids |
| 嚊 | *pʰrids |
| 鼻 | *blids |
| 襣 | *bids |

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 嚊 – see 嗅 (“to smell; to scent”). (This character is an ancient form of 嗅).

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pì (pi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pì
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pì
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^4$
*** Yale: pì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: phijH
Rime :
| Character | 嚊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 匹備切 |
| Baxter | phijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰˠiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰji$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰji$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰrids/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嚊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 610 |
| Phonetic component | 畀 |
| Rime group | 至 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 濞 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰrids/ |

#### Definitions

嚊
* The sound of breathing.

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): be$^6$ / bei$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: be$^6$ / bei$^6$
*** Yale: beh / beih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: be$^6$ / bei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bé$^6$ / béi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛː²²/, /pei̯²²/

#### Definitions

嚊
* (Cantonese, dated) Sentence-final particle indicating doubt or dissatisfaction.
** 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, A Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, page 82:
       hou$^2$ le$^3$, hoeng$^2$ cing$^1$ fuk$^1$ le$^1$ be$^6$! [Jyutping]
       Ah truly, it is delightful to dwell in calm retirement!
** 1866, 花波 [Mary Lucy French], transl., 《述史淺譯》 [Bible History for the Least and the Lowest]‎, volume 4, 雙門底福音堂, page 87:
       je$^4$ sou$^1$ waa$^6$, zan$^1$ hai$^6$ jau$^5$ jan$^4$ mo$^1$ ngo$^5$ aa$^3$, gin$^3$ ngo$^5$ zi$^6$ gei$^2$ san$^1$ soeng$^6$ jau$^5$ ji$^6$ nang$^4$ hin$^2$ ceot$^1$ be$^6$. [Jyutping]
       Jesus answered, "Some body has touched me, for I feel that virtue is gone out of me."
** 1992, 《逃學威龍2》 [Fight Back to School II]‎, spoken by 何老師之母 [Mother of Miss Ho] (譚倩紅 [Sin-hung Tam]):
       mou$^5$ faat$^3$ laa$^1$, go$^3$ neoi$^{5-2}$ ci$^5$ ngo$^5$ be$^6$. [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^6$ / bi$^6$ / be$^6$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^6$ / bi$^6$ / be$^6$
*** Yale: beih / bih / beh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^6$ / bi$^6$ / be$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^6$ / bi$^6$ / bé$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯²²/, /piː²²/, /pɛː²²/

#### Definitions

嚊
* (Cantonese, dated) or
** 1888, 《約翰傳問答》‎:
       je$^4$ sou$^1$ zau$^6$ hyun$^3$ keoi$^5$ dei$^6$, m$^4$ hou$^2$ jan$^1$ sai$^3$ soeng$^6$ ge$^3$ mat$^6$ gin$^{6-2}$ m$^4$ leon$^6$ sik$^6$ mat$^6$ bei$^6$ cin$^4$ coi$^4$ lai$^4$ gwaa$^3$ leoi$^6$, gung$^6$ lou$^4$ fu$^2$, jing$^1$ goi$^1$ jiu$^3$ gwaa$^3$ zyu$^6$ wing$^5$ sang$^1$ ge$^3$ loeng$^4$, zik$^1$ hai$^6$ tin$^1$ soeng$^6$ ge$^3$ fuk$^1$ hai$^6$ jan$^4$ zi$^2$ jau$^5$ nang$^4$ bei$^2$ gwo$^3$ keoi$^5$ dei$^6$ ge$^3$ [Jyutping]
       Jesus exhorted them not to worry and labour for wordly things, whether it be food or money, but to remember the Bread of Eternal Life; that is, the Son of Man has the power to give them blessings from Heaven
** 1924, 夢餘生, “和頭酒”, in 《新粵謳解心》, volume 3; republished and annotated in 歐陽覺亞, 麥梅翹, editors, 《粵謳釋讀》 [Cantonese Love Songs with Annotations], Hong Kong: 商務印書館, 2021, →ISBN, page 180:
       nei$^5$ dai$^6$ gou$^1$ goek$^3$ go$^2$ zan$^6$ si$^4$, keoi$^5$ zau$^6$ zi$^1$ dou$^3$ nei$^5$ o$^1$ si$^2$ bei$^6$ o$^1$ niu$^6$ lo$^3$, ceon$^2$ coi$^4$. [Jyutping]
       When you lift up your legs, he would know if you are pooping or peeing, you fool.

#### Compounds

* 嚊係／嚊系

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* wife

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
* Kun: はないき (hanaiki)、かか (kaka)、あえぎ (aegi)

## Korean
### Hanja

嚊 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.