Chinese

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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)
simp. #(披靡)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (2) (2) (4)
Final () (13) (13) (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pei1 pei2 mei5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 4/5
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 9698 9708 8701
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰral/ /*pʰralʔ/ /*mralʔ/

Verb

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披靡

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

Derived terms

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