屁
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fart; flatulence; nonsense; (usu. in the negative) what; (not) a damn thing
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,445 U+5C41
How 屁 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
尸 (semantic, “body”) + 比 (phonetic, bǐ)
How to remember it
fart · Heisig RSH #2142
flag + 比 compare
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 比
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 比 (bǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比 sound component | bǐ | to compare, liken; comparison; than |
| 批 | pī | comment, criticism; batch, lot; wholesale |
| 毕 | bì | to finish, to conclude, to end; completed |
| 庇 | bì | cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor |
| 毙 | bì | to kill; to die a violent death |
| 琵 | pí | a guitar-like instrument (1) |
| 吡 | bǐ | to blame |
| 毗 | pí | to aid, to help; to adjoin, to connect |
| 秕 | bǐ | chaff, husk |
| 蚍 | pí | mussels, shellfish |
| 蓖 | bì | the castor-oil plant; Ricinus commumis |
| 砒 | pī | arsenic |
| 妣 | bǐ | one's deceased mother |
| 枇 | pí | loquat tree |
| 纰 | pī | carelessness; error, mistake; spoiled silk |
| 貔 | pí | fox, leopard, panther |
| 仳 | pǐ | separate, part company |
| 舭 | bǐ | bilge |
| 芘 | pí | common mallow; Malva sylvestris |
Words containing 屁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屁眼儿 | pì yǎn r | erhua variant of 屁眼[pi4 yan3] |
| 狗屁不通 | gǒu pì bù tōng | (idiom) (of writing, speech etc) incoherent; nonsensical |
| 放水屁 | fàng shuǐ pì | (coll.) to shart |
| 马屁精 | mǎ pì jīng | sycophant; toady; bootlicker |
| 有屁快放 | yǒu pì kuài fàng | spit it out!; out with it! |
| 脱裤子放屁 | tuō kù zi fàng pì | lit. to take off trousers to fart; fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary; fig. to ma… |
| 放屁虫 | fàng pì chóng | stinkbug |
| 马屁 | mǎ pì | horse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking |
| 拍拍屁股走人 | pāi pāi pì gu zǒu rén | to make oneself scarce; to slip away; to take French leave |
| 屁事 | pì shì | (vulgar) trifling matter; mere trifle; goddamn thing; goddamn business |
| 打屁 | dǎ pì | (coll.) to fart; (coll.) to shoot the breeze |
| 屁眼 | pì yǎn | anus |
| 打屁股 | dǎ pì gu | to spank sb's bottom |
| 热脸贴冷屁股 | rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu | to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom); to be snubbed despite showing goo… |
| 屁股眼 | pì gu yǎn | anus |
| 屁民 | pì mín | (slang) shitizen; commoner; hoi polloi |
| 黑屁 | hēi pì | (slang) bullshit |
| 屁股决定脑袋 | pì gu jué dìng nǎo dai | lit. the butt governs the head (idiom); fig. where one stands depends on where one sits; o… |
| 拍马屁 | pāi mǎ pì | to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; bootlicking |
| 屁话 | pì huà | bullshit; nonsense |