BI

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"

Translingual

Symbol

BI

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Burundi.

   Synonym: BDI (alpha-3)

English

Noun

BI (uncountable)

1. (business) Initialism of business interruption.
2. (business, informatics) Initialism of business informatics.
3. (business, informatics) Initialism of business intelligence.
4. (Philippines, slang) Initialism of bad influence.

Proper noun

BI

1. (Philippines, government) Initialism of Bureau of Immigration.

Anagrams

• IB, ib.

Indonesian

Noun

BI (first-person possessive BIku, second-person possessive BImu, third-person possessive BInya)

1. (education) initialism of Bahasa Indonesia (“Indonesian language”).

Proper noun

BI

1. (finance) Initialism of Bank Indonesia.

Malay

Noun

BI (informal 1st possessive BIku, 2nd possessive BImu, 3rd possessive BInya)

1. (education) short for Bahasa Inggeris (“English”).

Portuguese

Noun

BI m (plural BIs)

1. Initialism of bilhete de identidade (“ID card”).

Tagalog

Etymology

From Philippine English BI, from an initialism of bad influence.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiʔaj/ [ˈbiː.ʔaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -iʔaj

Noun

BI (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ ᜀᜌ᜔) (slang)

1. bad influence (something or someone that teaches others to do wrong or encourages wrong actions and thoughts by example)
   • 2021, Emerald Blake, Tara, Sulat Tayo Volume 1‎^[1], Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN, page 93:

     Gaya ng sabi ko last time. Maganda 'yong may accountability partner ka or writing buddy para may magre-remind sa iyo sa goals mo as a writer. Someone na hindi ka ibi-BI (bad influence)

     Like I said last time. It will be great if you have an accountability partner or writing buddy so that someone can remind you of your goals as a writer. Someone who will not BI (bad influence) you.

   • 2022, Rose Tan, Time After Time‎^[2], Precious Pages Corporation, →ISBN:

     "No! Hindi kita kaibigan. Pahamak ka, eh. Ikaw ang totoong BI." Bad Influence. "Ikaw ang nagpapahamak sa'kin. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ka ganyan pero ayoko nang alamin. Just... stay away from me."

     "No! You're not my friend. You're a danger, eh. You are the true BI." Bad Influence. "You are the one endangering me. I don't know why you are like that but I don't want to know. Just... stay away from me."

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 9