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Modern (Beijing) reading: bí
Preclassic Old Chinese: bhits
Classic Old Chinese: bhić
Western Han Chinese: bhjǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: bhjǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: bhjiś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhjìj
Late Postclassic Chinese: bhjì
Middle Chinese: bjì
English meaning : nose
Russian meaning[s]: 1) нос; 2) носик, ушко (предмета); 3) начало; первый
Comments: For *bh- cf. Xiamen, Jianou phi6, Chaozhou phĩ6, Fuzhou phe5. Modern 2d tone is quite irregular.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 209
Four-angle index: 2709
Karlgren code: 0521 c
Jianchuan Bai: pĩ7-
Dali Bai: pi3-
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(r)ĭt
Meaning: nose, sneeze
Chinese: *bhits nose.
Tibetan: sbrid-pa to sneeze.
Comments: Simon 18; Coblin 113.
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Number: 1948
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 止開三去至並
ZIHUI: 7865 0529
Beijing: pi 12
Jinan: pi 12
Xi'an: phi 12
Taiyuan: piǝʔ 42
Hankou: pi 12
Chengdu: pi 12
Yangzhou: piǝʔ 4
Suzhou: biôʔ 42
Wenzhou: bei 32
Changsha: pi 12
Shuangfeng: bi 32
Nanchang: phit 41
Meixian: phi 3
Guangzhou: pei 32
Xiamen: pit 42 (lit.); phĩ 32
Chaozhou: phĩ 32
Fuzhou: pei 31 (lit.); peiʔ 42
Shanghai: pîʔ 42
Zhongyuan yinyun: pi 12
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