# 譬喻
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pìyù
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pei$^3$ jyu$^6$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pih$^6$ zy$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phì-lū / phì-jī / phì-jū / phí-lū
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pi$^3$ ru$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pìyù
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pìyù
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^4$-yü$^4$
*** Yale: pì-yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pihyuh
*** Palladius: пиюй (pijuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pei$^3$ jyu$^6$
*** Yale: pei yuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pei$^3$ jy$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: péi$^3$ yu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰei̯³³ jyː²²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pih$^6$ zy$^5$ [Phonetic: pih$^4$ zy$^5$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pih-cṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiʔ¹⁻⁴² t͡sy²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pih$^6$ zy$^5$ [Phonetic: pih$^7$ zy$^5$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡sy²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-lū
*** Tâi-lô: phì-lū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phielu
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ lu³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ lu²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-jī
*** Tâi-lô: phì-jī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phieji
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phì-jū
*** Tâi-lô: phì-jū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phieju
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ zu³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-lū
*** Tâi-lô: phí-lū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phylu
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pi$^3$ ru$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phì jŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zu³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: phjieH yuH
Rime :
| Character | 譬 | 喻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 匹賜切 | 羊戍切 |
| Baxter | phjieH | yuH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰiᴇ$^H$/ | /jɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰiɛ$^H$/ | /jio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰjɛ$^H$/ | /io$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰiə̆$^H$/ | /juə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰie$^H$/ | /io$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰǐe$^H$/ | /jĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰie̯$^H$/ | /i̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pì | yù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pei$^3$ | jyu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰek-s lo-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeɡs los/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 譬 | 喻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pì | yù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phjie$^H$ › | ‹ yu$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰek-s/ | /*lo-s/ |
| English | example | understand; metaphor |
| 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 | 譬 | 喻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 666 | 15880 |
| Phonetic component | 辟 | 俞 |
| Rime group | 賜 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 譬 | 裕 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰeɡs/ | /*los/ |
| Notes | | 同諭 |

### Verb

譬喻
* to liken; to compare; to draw an analogy; to metaphorize

#### Synonyms

* 打比 (dǎbǐ)
* 打比仿 (Huizhou)
* 打比子 (Muping)
* 打比方
* 比並 / 比并 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 比喻 (bǐyù)
* 比方

### Noun

譬喻
* (rhetoric) analogy; metaphor; figure of speech; simile

#### Synonyms

* 暗喻 (ànyù)
* 比喻 (bǐyù)
* 比方
* 隱喻 / 隐喻 (yǐnyù)

### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: thí dụ (譬喻)