碧池

Chinese

Etymology 1

		green jade; bluish green; blue green jade; bluish green; blue; jade	pond; reservoir
trad. (碧池)		碧	池
simp. #(碧池)		碧	池

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìchíh
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chʻih²
    • Yale: bì-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihchyr
    • Palladius: бичи (biči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: bīk chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pjiek drje

Rime
Character	碧	池
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	清 (124)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彼役切	直離切
Baxter	pjiek	drje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwiᴇk̚/	/ɖˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɛk̚/	/ɖᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/piuæk̚/	/ȡiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwiajk̚/	/ɖjiə̆/
Li Rong	/piuɛk̚/	/ȡje/
Wang Li	/pĭwɛk̚/	/ȡǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɛk̚/	/ȡʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik1	ci4

Noun

碧池

1. (literary) clear pool of water; clear pond

   • 拂露金輿丹旆轉，凌晨黼帳碧池開。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     拂露金舆丹旆转，凌晨黼帐碧池开。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 李適, 帝幸興慶池戲競渡應制

     Fú lù jīnyú dān pèi zhuǎn, língchén fǔzhàng bìchí kāi. [Pinyin]

     The royal sedan rubs against the dew, and the red banner waves; in the early morn the embroidered canopy is opened at the clear pond.

   • 紅芳暗落碧池頭，把火遙看且少留。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     红芳暗落碧池头，把火遥看且少留。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 呂溫, 衡州夜後把火看花留客

     Hóngfāng àn luò bìchí tóu, bǎ huǒ yáo kàn qiě shǎo liú. [Pinyin]

     The red flowers fade and fall beside the clear pond; with a torch in hand, I see from afar that few remain.

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (碧池)		碧	池
simp. #(碧池)		碧	池

Borrowed from English bitch. Masked under a poetic literary Chinese term.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄔˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìchíh
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-chʻih²
    • Yale: bì-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihchyr
    • Palladius: бичи (biči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

Noun

碧池

1. (slang, neologism, vulgar, derogatory) bitch (contemptible person)

Derived terms

• 碧池臉／碧池脸 (bìchíliǎn)

 

Adjective

碧池

1. (slang, neologism, vulgar) bitchy