披靡

Chinese

		scatter; separate; to open scatter; separate; to open; to unroll; to spread out	extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted
trad. (披靡)		披	靡
simp. #(披靡)		披	靡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīmǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹ mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phi-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīmǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pimǐ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-mi³
    • Yale: pī-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pimii
    • Palladius: пими (pimi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: pēi méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi-bí
    • Tâi-lô: phi-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phi'bie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³ bi⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phje|phjeX mjeX

Rime
Character	披	披	靡
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	支 (13)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	敷羈切	匹靡切	文彼切
Baxter	phje	phjeX	mjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiᴇ/	/pʰˠiᴇX/	/mˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚiɛ/	/pʰᵚiɛX/	/mᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiɛ/	/pʰiɛX/	/miɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰjiə̆/	/pʰjiə̆X/	/mjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/pʰje/	/pʰjeX/	/mjeX/
Wang Li	/pʰǐe/	/pʰǐeX/	/mǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰie̯/	/pʰie̯X/	/mie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pī	pǐ	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei1	pei2	mei5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰ(r)aj  m(r)ajʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰral|pʰralʔ  mralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	披	靡
Reading #	1/1	4/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pī	mǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ phje ›	‹ mjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰ(r)aj/	/*m(r)ajʔ/
English	divide	fall over
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	披	披	靡
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	9698	9708	8701
Phonetic component	皮	皮	麻
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	鈹	㱟	靡
Old Chinese	/*pʰral/	/*pʰralʔ/	/*mralʔ/

Verb

披靡

1. to be swept by the wind (of grass, etc.)
2. (figurative) to be routed; to flee

Derived terms

• 所向披靡
• 望風披靡／望风披靡
• 當者披靡／当者披靡