披靡

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (披靡)		披	靡
simp. ^#(披靡)		披	靡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pīmǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei¹ mei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phi-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pīmǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄇㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pimǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-mi³
  - Yale: pī-mǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pimii
  - Palladius: пими (pimi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei¹ mei⁵
  - Yale: pēi méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei¹ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi¹ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi-bí
  - Tâi-lô: phi-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phi'bie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³ bi⁵⁵⁴/

Middle Chinese: phje|phjeX mjeX

Rime
Character	披	披	靡
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	支 (13)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	敷羈切	匹靡切	文彼切
Baxter	phje	phjeX	mjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠiᴇ/	/pʰˠiᴇ^X/	/mˠiᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚiɛ/	/pʰᵚiɛ^X/	/mᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiɛ/	/pʰiɛ^X/	/miɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰjiə̆/	/pʰjiə̆^X/	/mjiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/pʰje/	/pʰje^X/	/mje^X/
Wang Li	/pʰǐe/	/pʰǐe^X/	/mǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰie̯/	/pʰie̯^X/	/mie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pī	pǐ	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei¹	pei²	mei⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰ(r)aj m(r)ajʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*pʰral|pʰralʔ mralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	披	靡
Reading #	1/1	4/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pī	mǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ phje ›	‹ mje^X ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰ(r)aj/	/*m(r)ajʔ/
English	divide	fall over
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	披	披	靡
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	9698	9708	8701
Phonetic component	皮	皮	麻
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	鈹	㱟	靡
Old Chinese	/*pʰral/	/*pʰralʔ/	/*mralʔ/

Verb

披靡

to be swept by the wind (of grass, etc.)
(figurative) to be routed; to flee

Derived terms

所向披靡
望風披靡 / 望风披靡
當者披靡 / 当者披靡