嚊

Translingual edit

Han character edit

嚊 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口竹山中 (RHUL), composition ⿰口鼻)

to pant
wife

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 212, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4467
Dae Jaweon: page 434, character 36
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 696, character 17
Unihan data for U+568A

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (畀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
箅	piːds, pids
濞	pʰiːds, pʰrids
畀	*pids
痹	*pids
淠	*pʰrids
嚊	*pʰrids
鼻	*blids
襣	*bids

Etymology 1 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 嚊 – see 嗅 (“to smell; to scent”). (This character is an ancient form of 嗅).

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.		嚊

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pì (pi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pì
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
  - Yale: pì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: phijH

Rime
Character	嚊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匹備切
Baxter	phijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰji^H/
Li Rong	/pʰji^H/
Wang Li	/pʰi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰrids/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚊
Reading #	1/1
No.	610
Phonetic component	畀
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	濞
Old Chinese	/*pʰrids/

Definitions edit

嚊

The sound of breathing.

Etymology 3 edit

simp. and trad.		嚊

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Cantonese (Jyutping): be⁶, bei⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: be⁶, bei⁶
  - Yale: beh, beih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: be⁶, bei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bé⁶, béi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛː²²/, /pei̯²²/

Definitions edit

嚊

(Cantonese, dated) Sentence-final particle indicating doubt or dissatisfaction.
- 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, A Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, page 82:
  好唎，享淸福⿰口理嚊！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  好唎，享清福⿰口理嚊！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  hou² le³, hoeng² cing¹ fuk¹ le¹ be⁶! [Jyutping]
  Ah truly, it is delightful to dwell in calm retirement!
- 1866, 花波 [Mary Lucy French], transl., 《述史淺譯》 [Bible History for the Least and the Lowest]‎^[1], volume 4, 雙門底福音堂, page 87:
  耶穌話、眞係有人摩我呀、見我自己身上有異能顯出嚊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  耶稣话、真系有人摩我呀、见我自己身上有异能显出嚊。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  je⁴ sou¹ waa⁶, zan¹ hai⁶ jau⁵ jan⁴ mo¹ ngo⁵ aa³, gin³ ngo⁵ zi⁶ gei² san¹ soeng⁶ jau⁵ ji⁶ nang⁴ hin² ceot¹ be⁶. [Jyutping]
  Jesus answered, "Some body has touched me, for I feel that virtue is gone out of me."

Etymology 4 edit

simp. and trad.		嚊
alternative forms		𫫢被備／备𡀠

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶, bi⁶, be⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶, bi⁶, be⁶
  - Yale: beih, bih, beh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶, bi⁶, be⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶, bi⁶, bé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/, /piː²²/, /pɛː²²/

Definitions edit

嚊

(Cantonese, dated) or
- 1888, 《約翰傳問答》‎^[2]:
  耶穌就勸佢哋、唔好因世上嘅物件唔論食物嚊錢財嚟掛慮、共勞苦、應該要掛住永生嘅糧、卽係天上嘅福係人子有能俾過佢哋嘅 [Cantonese, trad.]
  耶稣就劝佢哋、唔好因世上嘅物件唔论食物嚊钱财嚟挂虑、共劳苦、应该要挂住永生嘅粮、即系天上嘅福系人子有能俾过佢哋嘅 [Cantonese, simp.]
  je⁴ sou¹ zau⁶ hyun³ keoi⁵ dei⁶, m⁴ hou² jan¹ sai³ soeng⁶ ge³ mat⁶ gin^6-2 m⁴ leon⁶ sik⁶ mat⁶ bei⁶ cin⁴ coi⁴ lai⁴ gwaa³ leoi⁶, gung⁶ lou⁴ fu², jing¹ goi¹ jiu³ gwaa³ zyu⁶ wing⁵ sang¹ ge³ loeng⁴, zik¹ hai⁶ tin¹ soeng⁶ ge³ fuk¹ hai⁶ jan⁴ zi² jau⁵ nang⁴ bei² gwo³ keoi⁵ dei⁶ ge³ [Jyutping]
  Jesus exhorted them not to worry and labour for wordly things, whether it be food or money, but to remember the Bread of Eternal Life; that is, the Son of Man has the power to give them blessings from Heaven
- 1924, 夢餘生, “和頭酒”, in 《新粵謳解心》, volume 3; republished and annotated in 歐陽覺亞, 麥梅翹, editors, 《粵謳釋讀》 [Cantonese Love Songs with Annotations], Hong Kong: 商務印書館, 2021, →ISBN, page 180:
  你遞高腳個陣時，佢就知到你屙屎嚊屙尿咯，蠢才。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  你递高脚个阵时，佢就知到你屙屎嚊屙尿咯，蠢才。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  nei⁵ dai⁶ gou¹ goek³ go² zan⁶ si⁴, keoi⁵ zau⁶ zi¹ dou³ nei⁵ o¹ si² bei⁶ o¹ niu⁶ lo³, ceon² coi⁴. [Jyutping]
  When you lift up your legs, he would know if you are pooping or peeing, you fool.

Compounds edit

嚊係／嚊系

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

嚊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

wife

Readings edit

On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
Kun: はないき (hanaiki); かか (kaka); あえぎ (aegi)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

嚊 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi)

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