呸

呸 U+5478, 呸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5478 ← 呷 [U+5477] CJK Unified Ideographs 呹 → [U+5479]

Translingual

Han character

呸 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口一火一 (RMFM), four-corner 6101₉, composition ⿰口丕)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 183, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3462
• Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 599, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5478

Chinese

trad.		呸
simp. #		呸

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 + phonetic 丕.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pēi (pei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pei
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei¹
    • Yale: pēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pei
    • Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei¹
    • Yale: pēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi
    • Tâi-lô: phuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹/

Definitions

呸

1. (strong, offensive) bah!; ugh!

   呸！我才不在乎你生不生氣呢。 [MSC, trad.]
   呸！我才不在乎你生不生气呢。 [MSC, simp.]

   Pēi! Wǒ cái bù zàihu nǐ shēng bù shēngqì ne. [Pinyin]

   Bah! I don't care if you're angry.

Usage notes

• The Chinese usage carries a generally stronger offensive or antagonistic connotation than the corresponding interjection bah or similar in English.

Compounds

• 呸呸
• 呸搶 / 呸抢

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pui³

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phùi
    • Tâi-lô: phuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰui²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰui²¹³/

Definitions

呸

1. (Southern Min) to spit

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吐
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吐
	Taiwan	吐
	Singapore	吐
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	吐
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	吐
	Xi'an	吐
	Xining	吐
	Xuzhou	吐
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吐
	Wuhan	吐
	Guiyang	吐
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吐
	Yangzhou	吐
	Hefei	吐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吐, 𦧲
	Hong Kong	吐, 𦧲
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	𦧲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	吐
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	吐
	Taishan	吐, 𦧲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	吐
Gan	Nanchang	吐
	Lichuan	吐
	Pingxiang	吐
Hakka	Meixian	唾, 哯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	吐
	Wengyuan	啡
	Liannan	吐
	Jiexi	啡
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	啡
	Changting	吐
	Wuping (Yanqian)	啡
	Ninghua	吐
	Ningdu	吐
	Tonggu (Sandu)	吐
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	吐
	Dayu	吐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	哯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	哯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	哯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	哯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	哯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	吐, 哯
	Hong Kong	吐
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	啡
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	吐
	Xinyi (Sihe)	啡
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	啡
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	啡
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	吐
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	啡
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	啡
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	唾
	Mengshan (Xihe)	吐
	Senai (Huiyang)	呸
Huizhou	Jixi	吐
Jin	Taiyuan	吐
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	啡
	Fuzhou (Changle)	啡
	Fuqing	啡
	Yongtai	啡
	Gutian	啡
	Fu'an	啡
	Ningde	啡
	Shouning	啡
	Zhouning	啡
	Fuding	啡
Southern Min	Xiamen	呸
	Quanzhou	呸
	Yongchun	呸
	Zhangzhou	呸
	Taipei (Wanhua)	呸
	Kaohsiung	呸
	Yilan	呸
	Changhua (Lukang)	呸
	Taichung	呸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	呸
	Tainan	呸
	Taitung	呸
	Hsinchu	呸
	Penghu (Magong)	呸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	呸
	Manila (Hokkien)	呸
	Chaozhou	呸
	Jieyang	呸
	Bangkok (Teochew)	吐
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	吐
	Leizhou	吐
	Haikou	呸
Wu	Suzhou	吐
	Danyang	吐
	Wenzhou	吐
Xiang	Changsha	吐
	Shuangfeng	吐

Dialectal synonyms of 吐 (“to spit”) [map]

Compounds

• 呸痰
• 痰呸

Japanese

Kanji

呸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)

Korean

Hanja

呸 (eum 비 (bi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

呸: Hán Nôm readings: phi, bậy, phôi

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