# 屁

| 屁 | U+5C41, &#23617; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C41 |
| ← 局 [U+5C40] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 层 → [U+5C42] |

## Translingual
### Han character

屁 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸心心 (SPP), four-corner 7721$_1$, composition ⿸尸比)

#### Derived characters

* 𦼘

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 300, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7654
* Dae Jaweon: page 597, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 966, character 12
* Unihan data for U+5C41

## Chinese

* 屁 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 屁 (Cantonese)
* phùi (Southern Min)
* 屁 (Wu)

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 梐 | *piː, *biːʔ |
| 狴 | *piː |
| 悂 | *piː, *pʰi |
| 螕 | *piː |
| 鎞 | *piː |
| 蓖 | *piː |
| 篦 | *piː, *bis |
| 批 | *pʰiː |
| 砒 | *pʰiː |
| 鈚 | *pʰiː, *bi |
| 磇 | *pʰiː |
| 媲 | *pʰiːs |
| 笓 | *biː |
| 膍 | *biː, *bi |
| 陛 | *biːʔ |
| 仳 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *bi, *briʔ |
| 吡 | *pʰeʔ, *piʔ, *biɡ |
| 紕 | *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ |
| 比 | *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ |
| 妣 | *piʔ, *pis |
| 秕 | *piʔ |
| 沘 | *piʔ, *bi |
| 枇 | *piʔ, *bi, *bis |
| 粊 | *pris |
| 庇 | *pis |
| 屁 | *pʰis |
| 琵 | *bi |
| 毗 | *bi |
| 貔 | *bi |
| 豼 | *bi |
| 蚍 | *bi |
| 芘 | *bi, *bis |
| 肶 | *bi |
| 魮 | *bi |
| 阰 | *bi |
| 坒 | *bis, *biɡ |
| 玭 | *bin |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰis) : semantic 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pja-n/t/s (“fart; shit”). Cognate with Tibetan ཕྱེན (phyen), འཕྱེན ('phyen, “flatulence”), Jingpho hpyet (“to fart”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): pì (pi$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pi$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pei$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): pei$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pi$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): pi$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): pṳ̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): pói / pé
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phì / phùi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pui$^3$ / pi$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$phi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pi$^4$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: pi$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^3$
*** Yale: pei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: pei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
*** Hakka Romanization System: pi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: pi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰi⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pṳ̿
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰy³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pói / pé
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰui²¹³/, /pʰɛi²¹³/
* pói - colloquial;
* pé - literary.
* Middle Chinese: phjijH
Rime :
| Character | 屁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 匹寐切 |
| Baxter | phjijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰjɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰis/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 屁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 524 |
| Phonetic component | 比 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 屁 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰis/ |
| Notes | 山海經作米旁費 |

### Definitions

屁
* (colloquial) flatulence; fart (Classifier: 篤／笃 c)
    放屁 ― fàngpì ― to fart; to bullshit
* (colloquial) buttocks; backside
    馬屁／马屁 ― mǎpì ― horse's backside; flattery
    狗屁 ― gǒupì ― dog's backside; nonsense; worthless thing; bullshit
    屁眼 ― pìyǎn ― anus; asshole
* (colloquial) to fart; to pass gas
    屁者先知 ― pìzhěxiānzhī ― [jocular] The farter is usually the first to realise (and complain about the fart).
* (vulgar) rubbish; worthless; useless; insignificant; trivial
    屁話／屁话 ― pìhuà ― nonsense
    屁事 ― pìshì ― trivial thing
* (vulgar, chiefly in the negative) a damn thing; (no)thing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
    他屁都不是。 ― Tā pì dōu bùshì. ― He is an absolute shit.
    你懂個屁！／你懂个屁！ ― Nǐ dǒng ge pì! ― You know jack shit!
    關我屁事！／关我屁事！ ― Guān wǒ pì shì! ― Like I give a damn!
    From: 2015 August 22, 刘振涛 (Liu Zhentao), 《阿P遭劫》, in 《故事会》, →ISSN, issue 590, page 60
    Guāngtóu piězuǐ: “Wǒmen de shìjiè nǐ dǒng ge pì! Wǔlì jiùshì fǎ!” [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (vulgar, negates the meaning of the sentence) like hell/like fuck; my ass; your ass; damn all/bugger all/fuck all
    你有屁用！ ― Nǐ yǒu pì yòng! ― You are of fuck all use!
    吃屁飯啊！／吃屁饭啊！ ― Chī pì fàn a! ― Fuck having a meal!/Have fuck-all meal!
    道個屁歉！／道个屁歉！ ― Dào ge pì qiàn! ― Apologize my ass!

#### Synonyms

* (flatulence): (slang, humorous) 原子彈／原子弹 (yuánzǐdàn); (Hakka) 屁卵

### Compounds

* 一屁股 (yīpìgu)
* 一面屁
* 仙人放屁
* 光屁股
* 吃屁
* 吃馬屁 / 吃马屁
* 報屁股 / 报屁股
* 夾屁股 / 夹屁股
* 小屁孩 (xiǎopìhái)
* 屁卵
* 屁塞
* 屁大
* 屁孩 (pìhái)
* 屁屁 (pìpì)
* 屁支支
* 尿流屁滾 / 尿流屁滚
* 屁漏
* 屁滾尿流 / 屁滚尿流 (pìgǔnniàoliú)
* 屁眼 (pìyǎn)
* 屁窒仔
* 屁股
* 屁股沉
* 屁股沒坐熱 / 屁股没坐热
* 屁股眼 (pìguyǎn)
* 屁股蛋
* 屁股蹲兒 / 屁股蹲儿 (pìgǔdūnr)
* 屁話 / 屁话 (pìhuà)
* 屁雌寡淡
* 屁鳥人 / 屁鸟人
* 屎屁直流
* 屎流屁滾 / 屎流屁滚
* 屙屁
* 打屁 (dǎpì)
* 打屁卵
* 打屁版
* 打屁股 (dǎ pìgǔ)
* 把屁
* 拍馬屁 / 拍马屁 (pāi mǎpì)
* 掇臀捧屁 (duōtúnpěngpì)
* 摸老虎屁股 (mō lǎohǔ pìgu)
* 撒響屁 / 撒响屁
* 撒騷放屁 / 撒骚放屁
* 擦屁股 (cā pìgǔ)
* 放屁 (fàngpì)
* 放屁喇撒
* 放屁文字
* 放屁添風 / 放屁添风
* 放屁蟲 / 放屁虫 (fàngpìchóng)
* 放屁豆
* 放屁辣臊 (fàngpìlàsāo)
* 放屁辣騷 / 放屁辣骚
* 放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì)
* 放臭屁 (fàng chòupì)
* 有個屁用 / 有个屁用
* 沉屁股
* 火燒屁股 / 火烧屁股
* 狗屁 (gǒupì)
* 狗屁不通 (gǒupìbùtōng)
* 狗屁倒灶 (gǒupìdǎozào)
* 狗顛屁股 / 狗颠屁股
* 猴子屁股
* 脫褲子放屁 / 脱裤子放屁 (tuō kùzi fàngpì)
* 臭屁 (chòupì)
* 臭屁仙
* 菸屁股 / 烟屁股
* 跟屁精
* 跟屁股
* 跟屁蟲 / 跟屁虫 (gēnpìchóng)
* 除褲放屁 / 除裤放屁
* 顧腦袋，不顧屁股 / 顾脑袋，不顾屁股
* 馬屁 / 马屁 (mǎpì)
* 馬屁勃 / 马屁勃
* 馬屁浡 / 马屁浡
* 馬屁精 / 马屁精 (mǎpìjīng)
* 鴨屁股 / 鸭屁股

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* flatulence, fart

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: へ (he, 屁)

#### Compounds

* 言(い)い出(だ)しっ屁(ぺ) (iidashippe)
* 河(かっ)童(ぱ)の屁(へ) (kappa no he)
* 最(さい)後(ご)っ屁(ぺ) (saigoppe)
* 沈(じん)香(こう)も焚(た)かず屁(へ)もひらず (jinkō mo takazu he mo hirazu)
* 透(す)かし屁(べ) (sukashibe)
* 握(にぎ)り屁(べ) (nigiribe)
* 百(ひゃく)日(にち)の説(せっ)法(ぽう)屁(へ)一(ひと)つ (hyakunichi no seppō he hitotsu)
* 屁(へ)負(お)い比(び)丘(く)尼(に) (heoi bikuni)
* 屁(へ)糞(くそ)葛(かずら) (hekusokazura), 屁(へ)屎(くそ)葛(かずら) (hekusokazura)
* 屁(へ)放(こ)き虫(むし) (hekokimushi)
* 屁(へ)っ放(ぴ)り (heppiri)
* 屁(へ)でもない (he de mo nai)
* 屁(へ)とも思(おも)わない (he to mo omowanai)
* 屁(へ)の河(かっ)童(ぱ) (he no kappa)
* 屁(へ)の突(つ)っ張(ぱ)りにもならない (he no tsuppari ni mo naranai)
* 放屁(へひり) (hehiri)
* 屁(へ)理(り)屈(くつ) (herikutsu)
* 屁(へ)をひって尻(しり)すぼめ (he o hitte shiri subome)
* 放(ほう)屁(ひ) (hōhi)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 屁
* へ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *pe (“flatus, fart”), itself likely an onomatopoeia; compare Middle Chinese 屁 (MC phjijH).
First cited to the Shinsen Jikyō, c. 898-901 CE.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) へ [héꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [he̞]

### Noun

屁(へ) • (he)
* (mildly vulgar) flatulence, fart
    Synonym: おなら (onara)

#### Derived terms

* 屁(へ)をこく (he o koku, “to squeeze out a fart”)
* 屁(へ)をひる (he o hiru, “to let out a fart”)

### References

* ↑ “屁”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

屁 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

屁: Hán Nôm readings: thí
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