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Modern (Beijing) reading: bǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: prǝʔ
Classic Old Chinese: prǝ́
Western Han Chinese: prǝ́
Eastern Han Chinese: prǝ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: pɨ́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: píj
Late Postclassic Chinese: pí
Middle Chinese: pí
English meaning : border area, countryside, hinterland
Russian meaning[s]: 1) окраина; захолустье; деревня; 2) дикий, некультурный; 3) подлый, низкий; 4) презирать, пренебрегать; 5) вежл. мой
Comments: In Mand. also read bì. Sch. gives an extended meaning as 'probably outer perimeter of a state, area (including towns) distant from, or outside of, a state's capital.
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 163
Four-angle index: 2149
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Number: 1928
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
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MC description : 止開三上旨幫
ZIHUI: 6766 0533
Beijing: pi 2
Jinan: pi 3
Xi'an: phî_ 2
Taiyuan: pi 2
Hankou: phi 2
Chengdu: phi 2
Yangzhou: pi 3
Suzhou: pi 2
Wenzhou: pei 31
Changsha: pei 2
Shuangfeng: phi 2
Nanchang: phi 2
Meixian: phi 2
Guangzhou: phi 21
Xiamen: phi 2
Chaozhou: phi 21
Fuzhou: phi 2
Shanghai: pi 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: pei 2
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