嫖

嫖 U+5AD6, 嫖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AD6 ← 嫕 [U+5AD5] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫗 → [U+5AD7]

Translingual

Han character

嫖 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女一田火 (VMWF), four-corner 4149₁, composition ⿰女票)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6637
• Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1076, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5AD6

Chinese

trad.		嫖
simp. #		嫖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (票) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
標	*pew, *pewʔ
鏢	*pew, *pʰew
瘭	*pew
幖	*pew
熛	*pew
蔈	*pew
膘	*prew, *pʰewʔ, *bewʔ, *spewʔ
褾	*pewʔ
票	*pʰew
飄	*pʰew, *bew
漂	*pʰew, *pʰews
螵	*pʰew, *bew
瞟	*pʰew, *pʰewʔ
嫖	*pʰew, *pʰews
旚	*pʰew
僄	*pʰew, *pʰews
慓	*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
彯	*pʰew, *pʰews
摽	*pʰew, *pʰews, *bewʔ
翲	*pʰew, *pʰews
嘌	*pʰew
縹	*pʰewʔ
醥	*pʰewʔ
顠	*pʰewʔ, *bewʔ
篻	*pʰewʔ, *mbew
剽	*pʰews, *bew
勡	*pʰews
薸	*bew
瓢	*bew
鰾	*bewʔ
驃	*bews

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰew, *pʰews) : semantic 女 + phonetic 票 (OC *pʰew).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piáo (piao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phèu
• Eastern Min (BUC): pièu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiâu
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶biau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piáo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao²
    • Yale: pyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyau
    • Palladius: пяо (pjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu⁴
    • Yale: pìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: peuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: peu²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰeu̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiâu
    • Tâi-lô: phiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiau²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶biau
    • MiniDict: biau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³biau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /biɔ²³/

Definitions

嫖

1. to visit prostitutes; to patronise prostitutes

Compounds

• 吃喝嫖賭／吃喝嫖赌 (chīhēpiáodǔ)
• 嫖友 (piáoyǒu)
• 嫖妓 (piáojì)
• 嫖娼 (piáochāng)
• 嫖婊子
• 嫖客 (piáokè)
• 嫖經／嫖经
• 嫖賭／嫖赌
• 狂嫖濫賭／狂嫖滥赌

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piāo (piao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹phiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piao
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹
    • Yale: pyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piau
    • Palladius: пяо (pjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu¹
    • Yale: pīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹phiau
    • MiniDict: phiau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰiɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjiew, phjiewH

Rime
Character	嫖	嫖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	撫招切	匹妙切
Baxter	phjiew	phjiewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇu/	/pʰiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛu/	/pʰiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæu/	/pʰjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiaw/	/pʰiawH/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛu/	/pʰiɛuH/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛu/	/pʰĭɛuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛu/	/pʰi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piāo	piào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu1	piu3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰew/, /*pʰews/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫖	嫖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9756	9778
Phonetic component	票	票
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	爂	剽
Old Chinese	/*pʰew/	/*pʰews/

Definitions

嫖

1. ^† nimble; agile

Compounds

• 嫖姚

 

Japanese

Kanji

嫖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wanton, hedonist

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kun: かるい (karui, 嫖い)

Korean

Hanja

嫖 • (pyo) (hangeul 표, revised pyo, McCune–Reischauer p'yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嫖: Hán Nôm readings: phiêu, phếu, phiếu, tẹo, phèo

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