口碑

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele
simp. and trad. (口碑)		口	碑

Etymology

From the 13^th-century Buddhist text Wudeng Huiyuan (《五燈會元》, Compendium of Five Lamps). Literally “oral stele”, as steles are a medium for commemorative text relating to the deceased person. Compare 有口皆碑 (yǒukǒujiēbēi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒubēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² bei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-pi / kháu-pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒubēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒubei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-pei¹
    • Yale: kǒu-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooubei
    • Palladius: коубэй (koubɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² bei¹
    • Yale: háu bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ pei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-pi
    • Tâi-lô: khió-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'py
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-pi
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-pi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'py
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/

Noun

口碑

1. (literary, originally) public praise
2. public reputation; word-of-mouth reputation