疲

See also: 渡

疲 U+75B2, 疲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75B2 ← 疱 [U+75B1] CJK Unified Ideographs 疳 → [U+75B3]

Translingual

Han character

疲 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大木竹水 (KDHE), four-corner 0014₇, composition ⿸疒皮)

See also

• 波

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 770, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22084
• Dae Jaweon: page 1180, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2669, character 12
• Unihan data for U+75B2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		疲
alternative forms		罷／罢 㔥

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
陂	*pral, *prals
詖	*pral, *prals
彼	*pralʔ
柀	*pralʔ
佊	*pralʔ, *prals
貱	*prals
跛	*prals, *paːlʔ
披	*pʰral, *pʰralʔ
鈹	*pʰral
帔	*pʰral, *pʰrals
鮍	*pʰral
耚	*pʰral
狓	*pʰral
翍	*pʰral
旇	*pʰral, *brals
秛	*pʰral, *pʰrals
紴	*pʰralʔ, *paːl
皮	*bral
疲	*bral
被	*bralʔ, *brals
髲	*brals
鞁	*brals
骳	*mbralʔ
波	*paːl
碆	*paːl, *baːl
菠	*paːl
簸	*paːlʔ, *paːls
駊	*paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ
頗	*pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls
坡	*pʰaːl
玻	*pʰaːl
破	*pʰaːls
婆	*baːl
蔢	*baːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bral) : semantic 疒 (“sick”) + phonetic 皮 (OC *bral) – sick and tired.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bal (“tired; thirsty”), whence Burmese ပန်း (pan:, “to be tired”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2014).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pi²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pei⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pei³

• Gan (Wiktionary): pi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phì

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pi¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): pi¹
• Northern Min (KCR): pî
• Eastern Min (BUC): pì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pi⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): pi⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei⁴
    • Yale: pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì
    • Hakka Romanization System: pi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: pi¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰi¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phî
    • Tâi-lô: phî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: pi⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bi
    • MiniDict: bi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: bje

Rime
Character	疲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符羈切
Baxter	bje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/biɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bjiə̆/
Li Rong	/bje/
Wang Li	/bǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b](r)aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	疲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pí
Middle Chinese	‹ bje ›
Old Chinese	/*[b](r)aj/
English	weary, exhausted
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	疲
Reading #	1/1
No.	9712
Phonetic component	皮
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	皮
Old Chinese	/*bral/

Definitions

疲

1. weary; tired; exhausted
2. ^† weak

Compounds

• 兵疲馬困／兵疲马困
• 力盡筋疲／力尽筋疲
• 師老兵疲／师老兵疲
• 彈性疲乏／弹性疲乏
• 形疲神困
• 明鏡不疲／明镜不疲
• 樂此不疲／乐此不疲 (lècǐbùpí)
• 民窮兵疲／民穷兵疲
• 疲乏 (pífá)
• 疲乏強度／疲乏强度
• 疲倦 (píjuàn)
• 疲勞／疲劳 (píláo)
• 疲勞試驗／疲劳试验
• 疲勞轟炸／疲劳轰炸 (píláohōngzhà)
• 疲勞限／疲劳限
• 疲勩／疲勚
• 疲困 (píkùn)
• 疲塌
• 疲弊
• 疲弱
• 疲憊／疲惫 (píbèi)
• 疲敝
• 疲於奔命／疲于奔命 (píyúbēnmìng)
• 疲暮逢君
• 疲癃
• 疲竭
• 疲累 (pílèi)
• 疲軟／疲软 (píruǎn)
• 疲鈍／疲钝
• 疲頓／疲顿
• 筋疲力盡／筋疲力尽 (jīnpílìjìn)
• 筋疲力竭
• 筋疲力軟／筋疲力软
• 精疲力盡／精疲力尽 (jīngpílìjìn)
• 精疲力竭 (jīngpílìjié)
• 金屬疲勞／金属疲劳

 

Japanese

Kanji

疲

(Jōyō kanji)

1. fatigue
2. exhaustion
3. tiredness
4. weariness

Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: つかれる (tsukareru, 疲れる, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

疲 • (pi) (hangeul 피, revised pi, McCune–Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

疲: Hán Việt readings: bì
疲: Nôm readings: bì, mệt

1. Nôm form of mệt (“tired; to have excessive interest in something”).