匕鬯

Chinese

		dagger; ladle; an ancient type of spoon	sacrificial spirit
trad. (匕鬯)		匕	鬯
simp. #(匕鬯)		匕	鬯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐchàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄔㄤˋ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐchàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄔㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐchàng
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-chʻang⁴
    • Yale: bǐ-chàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biichanq
    • Palladius: бичан (bičan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: pjijX trhjangH

Rime
Character	匕	鬯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	卑履切	丑亮切
Baxter	pjijX	trhjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪX/	/ʈʰɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/piX/	/ʈʰiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/pjɪX/	/ȶʰiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piX/	/ʈʰɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/piX/	/ȶʰiaŋH/
Wang Li	/piX/	/ȶʰĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/piX/	/ȶʰi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	chàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei2	coeng3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pijʔ  tʰraŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pilʔ  tʰaŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	匕	匕	鬯
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǐ	bǐ	chàng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjijX ›	‹ pjijX ›	‹ trhjangH ›
Old Chinese	/*pijʔ/	/*pijʔ/	/*tʰraŋ-s/
English	ladle, spoon	spoon	aromatic spirits
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	匕	鬯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	484	1286
Phonetic component	匕	鬯
Rime group	脂	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	匕	悵
Old Chinese	/*pilʔ/	/*tʰaŋs/

Noun

匕鬯

1. (literary) sacrificial offerings at the ancestrial halls

Derived terms

• 匕鬯不驚／匕鬯不惊 (bǐchàngbùjīng)