陂池

Chinese

		rugged; uneven; reservoir	pond; reservoir
trad. (陂池)		陂	池
simp. #(陂池)		陂	池

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēichí, píchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄔˊ, ㄆㄧˊ ㄔˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēichí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beichíh
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-chʻih²
    • Yale: bēi-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beichyr
    • Palladius: бэйчи (bɛjči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píchíh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-chʻih²
    • Yale: pí-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyichyr
    • Palladius: пичи (piči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pje drje

Rime
Character	陂	池
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彼爲切	直離切
Baxter	pje	drje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇ/	/ɖˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛ/	/ɖᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛ/	/ȡiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆/	/ɖjiə̆/
Li Rong	/pje/	/ȡje/
Wang Li	/pǐe/	/ȡǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/pie̯/	/ȡʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bī	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei1	ci4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p(r)a[j]  Cə.lraj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pral  l'al/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	陂	池
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēi	chí
Middle Chinese	‹ pje ›	‹ drje ›
Old Chinese	/*p(r)a[j]/	/*Cə.lraj/
English	river bank; dike	pool (n.)
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	陂	池
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9688	14779
Phonetic component	皮	也
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	陂	馳
Old Chinese	/*pral/	/*l'al/

Noun

陂池

1. (literary) pond; pool

   • 惟宮室、臺榭、陂池、侈服，以殘害于爾萬姓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     惟宫室、台榭、陂池、侈服，以残害于尔万姓。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Forged Old Text of the Book of Documents, circa 3^rd – 4^th century CE

     Wéi gōngshì, táixiè, bēichí, chǐfú, yǐ cánhài yú ěr wànxìng. [Pinyin]

     However, palaces, buildings based on rammed earth, ponds and extravagant clothes, they harm you every commoners.

Synonyms

• 池沼 (chízhǎo)
• 池塘 (chítáng)