呸

Translingual edit

Han character edit

呸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口一火一 (RMFM), four-corner 6101₉, composition ⿰口丕)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3462
Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 599, character 5
Unihan data for U+5478

Chinese edit

trad.		呸
simp. ^#		呸

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 丕.

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pēi (pei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pei
  - Wade–Giles: pʻei¹
  - Yale: pēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pei
  - Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei¹
  - Yale: pēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi
  - Tâi-lô: phuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹/

Definitions edit

呸

(strong, offensive) bah!; ugh!
呸！我才不在乎你生不生氣呢。 [MSC, trad.]
呸！我才不在乎你生不生气呢。 [MSC, simp.]
Pēi! Wǒ cái bù zàihu nǐ shēng bù shēngqì ne. [Pinyin]
Bah! I don't care if you're angry.

Usage notes edit

The Chinese usage carries a generally stronger offensive or antagonistic connotation than the corresponding interjection bah or similar in English.

Compounds edit

呸呸
呸搶／呸抢

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): pui³

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi
  - Tâi-lô: phuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/

Definitions edit

呸

(Southern Min) to spit

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 吐 (“to spit”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吐
Mandarin	Beijing	吐
	Taiwan	吐
	Jinan	吐
	Wanrong	吐
	Xi'an	吐
	Xining	吐
	Wuhan	吐
	Chengdu	吐
	Guiyang	吐
	Xuzhou	吐
	Yangzhou	吐
	Nanjing	吐
	Hefei	吐
	Singapore	吐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吐, 𦧲
	Hong Kong	吐, 𦧲
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	𦧲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	吐
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	吐
	Taishan	吐, 𦧲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	吐
Gan	Nanchang	吐
	Lichuan	吐
	Pingxiang	吐
Hakka	Meixian	唾, 哯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	吐
	Wengyuan	啡
	Liannan	吐
	Jiexi	啡
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	啡
	Changting	吐
	Wuping (Yanqian)	啡
	Ninghua	吐
	Ningdu	吐
	Tonggu (Sandu)	吐
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	吐
	Dayu	吐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	哯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	哯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	哯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	哯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	哯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	吐, 哯
	Hong Kong	吐
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	啡
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	吐
	Xinyi (Sihe)	啡
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	啡
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	啡
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	吐
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	啡
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	啡
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	唾
	Mengshan (Xihe)	吐
	Senai (Huiyang)	呸
Huizhou	Jixi	吐
Jin	Taiyuan	吐
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	啡
	Changle	啡
	Fuqing	啡
	Yongtai	啡
	Gutian	啡
	Fu'an	啡
	Ningde	啡
	Shouning	啡
	Zhouning	啡
	Fuding	啡
Southern Min	Xiamen	呸
	Quanzhou	呸
	Yongchun	呸
	Zhangzhou	呸
	Taipei (Wanhua)	呸
	Kaohsiung	呸
	Yilan	呸
	Changhua (Lukang)	呸
	Taichung	呸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	呸
	Tainan	呸
	Taitung	呸
	Hsinchu	呸
	Penghu (Magong)	呸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	呸
	Manila (Hokkien)	呸
	Chaozhou	呸
	Jieyang	呸
	Bangkok (Teochew)	吐
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	吐
	Leizhou	吐
	Haikou	呸
Wu	Suzhou	吐
	Danyang	吐
	Wenzhou	吐
Xiang	Changsha	吐
Xiang	Shuangfeng	吐

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

呸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

On (unclassified): ひ (hi)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

呸 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

呸: Hán Nôm readings: phi, bậy, phôi

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