丕顯

Chinese

		grand	prominent; conspicuous; to show
trad. (丕顯)		丕	顯
simp. (丕显)		丕	显

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīxiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄒㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīxiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pisiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-hsien³
    • Yale: pī-syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pishean
    • Palladius: писянь (pisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: phij xenX

Rime
Character	丕	顯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	敷悲切	呼典切
Baxter	phij	xenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiɪ/	/henX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚi/	/henX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiɪ/	/xɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰji/	/hɛnX/
Li Rong	/pʰji/	/xenX/
Wang Li	/pʰi/	/xienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi/	/xienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pī	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei1	hin2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰrə  qʰˤenʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰrɯ  hŋeːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丕	顯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pī	xiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ phij ›	‹ xenX ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰrə/	/*qʰˁenʔ/
English	great	display, manifest
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	丕	顯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1007	13537
Phonetic component	不	顯
Rime group	之	元
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	丕	顯
Old Chinese	/*pʰrɯ/	/*hŋeːnʔ/
Notes	不的轉註字

Adjective

丕顯

1. (archaic, formal and idiomatic) illustrious; magnificent; great; glorious

   • 克拜稽首，敢對揚丕顯天子魯休。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     克拜稽首，敢对扬丕显天子鲁休。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 10th–9th century BCE, Da Ke Ding inscriptions (大克鼎銘文)

     Kè bài qǐshǒu, gǎn duì yáng pīxiǎn tiānzǐ lǔ xiū. [Pinyin]

     Ke bowed and rested his head upon the folded hands on the ground. Full of awe, he responded with the celebration of the glorious King's blissful goodness.

   • 丕顯晉公大冢明殛視之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     丕显晋公大冢明殛视之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 5th century BCE, Houma Oaths (侯馬盟書)

     Pīxiǎn Jìngōng dà zhǒng míng jí shìzhī. [Pinyin]

     May the ancient great sovereigns of Jin from high above show them (oath-breakers) their doom with prejudice.

   • 惟乃丕顯考文王，克明德慎罰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     惟乃丕显考文王，克明德慎罚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wéi nǎi pīxiǎn kǎo Wénwáng, kè míng dé shèn fá. [Pinyin]

     [I]t was your greatly distinguished father, the king Wen, who was able to illustrate his virtue and be careful in the use of punishments.