便秘

See also: 便祕

Chinese

		advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself	secret
trad. (便秘/便祕)		便	秘/祕
simp. (便秘)		便	秘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànmì, biànbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧˋ, ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bin⁶ bei³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ben⁵ bei¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-pì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànmì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànmì
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-mi⁴
    • Yale: byàn-mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannmih
    • Palladius: бяньми (bjanʹmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànbì
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-pi⁴
    • Yale: byàn-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannbih
    • Palladius: бяньби (bjanʹbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶ bei³
    • Yale: bihn bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶ bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶ béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²² pei̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ben⁵ bei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pen³² pei³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-pì
    • Tâi-lô: piān-pì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piexnpix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ pi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² pi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ pi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ pi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ pi²¹/

Verb

便秘

1. to be constipated; to have constipation (state of bowels)

Synonyms

• 便結／便结 (biànjié) (literary)
• 便閉／便闭 (biànbì) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 便秘 (“to be constipated; to have constipation”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		便秘
Mandarin	Taiwan	便秘
	Dagudi (Maliba)	屙屎不出
	Reshuitang (Longling)	屙屎屙不出
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	屙屎不出
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	屙屎不出
Cantonese	Guangzhou	結恭
	Hong Kong	便秘, 屙屎唔出
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	結恭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	屙屎唔出
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	便秘
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	便秘
	Macau	結恭
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	結恭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	屙屎唔出
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	屙屎唔出
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	屙屎唔出
	Foshan	結恭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	結恭
	Foshan (Shunde)	結恭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	結恭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	便秘
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	結恭
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	結恭
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	結屎
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	結屎
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	屙屎唔出
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	結屎
	Taishan	結屎, 結恭, 便秘
	Kaiping (Chikan)	結屎
	Enping (Niujiang)	屙唔出
	Heshan (Yayao)	便秘
	Dongguan	結恭, 屙屎唔出
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	結恭
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	屙屎冇出
	Hepu (Shatian)	屙冇出屎
	Guiping	屙冇出
	Guiping (Mule)	屙結屎
	Pingnan	屎結
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	屙冇出, 便秘
	Guigang (Pingdong)	屙屎冇出
	Beihai	結恭
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	結恭, 屙屎唔出
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	屙屎唔出
	Betong (Rongxian)	屙唔出
Hakka	Meixian	結恭, 屙屎唔出
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	結恭, 屙屎唔出
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	屙屎唔出
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	結恭, 屙屎唔出
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	屙唔出
	Conghua (Lütian)	屙屎唔出
	Jiexi	屙屎唔出
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	秘結
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	秘結
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	屙屎唔出
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	秘結
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	漲屎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	秘結
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	秘結
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	秘結
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	秘結
	Hong Kong	屙屎唔出
	Senai (Huiyang)	屙硬屎
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	屙屎唔出
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拉𠕇屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	秘結
	Quanzhou	秘結
	Zhangzhou	秘結
	Zhao'an	𣍐放屎, 便秘
	Taipei	秘結
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	秘結
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	秘結
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	秘結
	Kaohsiung	秘結
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	秘結
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	秘結
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	秘結
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	秘結
	Yilan (Toucheng)	秘結
	Tainan	秘結
	Tainan (Anping)	秘結, 便秘
	Kinmen	秘結
	Penghu (Magong)	秘結
	Penghu (Xiyu)	秘結
	Penang (Hokkien)	𣍐放屎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	秘結
	Chaozhou	結秘
	Shantou	放𠕇屎
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	澀脾, 熱結, 乾澀
	Jieyang	澀脾
	Haifeng	熱結
	Bangkok (Teochew)	結秘
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	澀秘
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	結秘
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𣍐放屎
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	結恭

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (便秘):

• → Japanese: 便(べん)秘(ぴ) (benpi)
• → Korean: 변비(便秘) (byeonbi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
便	秘
べん Grade: 4	ひ > ぴ Grade: 6
goon

Alternative spelling
便祕 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べんぴ [bèńpí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) べ​んぴ [béꜜǹpì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bẽ̞mpʲi]

Noun

便(べん)秘(ぴ) • (benpi) 

1. constipation (state of bowels)