屁 (pì): fart
屁 (pì) is a Chinese character meaning “fart.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 尸 (semantic) and 比 (phonetic). It ranks #3026 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 屁 body. Its radical form 尸 (corpse) appears in many related characters such as 层 (céng, to pile on top of one another), 居 (jū, to reside), 展 (zhǎn, to spread out).
Definitions
- fart
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屁股noun | pì gu | buttocks |
| 狗屁noun | gǒu pì | bullshit |
| 放屁verb | fàng pì | to fart |
| 屁话noun | pì huà | bullshit |
| 擦屁股verb | cā pì gu | to wipe one’s ass |
| 拍马屁verb | pāi mǎ pì | to flatter |
| 关你屁事 | guān nǐ pì shì | (coll.) None of your goddamn business! |
| 有屁快放phrase | yǒu pì kuài fàng | spit it out! |
| 屁股决定脑袋 | pì gu jué dìng nǎo dai | lit. the butt governs the head (idiom) |
| 拍拍屁股走人phrase | pāi pāi pì gu zǒu rén | to make oneself scarce |
| 狗屁不通phrase | gǒu pì bù tōng | (idiom) (of writing, speech etc) incoherent |
| 屁眼儿noun | pì yǎn r | erhua variant of 屁眼 |
| 放水屁 | fàng shuǐ pì | (coll.) to shart |
| 小屁孩noun | xiǎo pì hái | kid |
| 马屁精noun | mǎ pì jīng | sycophant |
屁 appears in 51 compound words: 31 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 31 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 屁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Showing 5 of 6 idioms containing 屁.
Example Sentences
屁字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
pì zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character for "fart" is written is quite unique, and it really stuck with me.
老将走的走、散的散，新掌门刚坐上位置，屁股也还没焐热。
lǎo jiāng zǒu de zǒu , sàn de sàn , xīn zhǎng mén gāng zuò shàng wèi zhì , pì gǔ yě hái méi 焐 rè .
The veterans have come and gone, and the new leader has barely had time to settle into his new role.
百度做应用，只有按产出记账，应用层的价值才浮得出来，屁股决定脑袋，这根弦也得绷着。
bǎi dù zuò yīng yòng , zhī yǒu àn chǎn chū jì zhàng , yīng yòng céng de jià zhí cái fú dé chū lái , pì gǔ jué dìng nǎo dài , zhè gēn xián yě dé bēng zhe .
When Baidu develops apps, the value of the app layer can only be realized by measuring performance based on output. Since where you stand determines your perspective, we must keep this in mind at all times.
张雨绮复出即翻车?直播失控怒谯“给个屁” 发飙场面全放送
zhāng yǔ 绮 fù chū jí fān chē ? zhí bō shī kòng nù 谯 gěi gè pì fā biāo chǎng miàn quán fàng sòng
Has Zhang Yuqi’s Comeback Already Hit a Snag? She Loses Her Cool During a Live Stream, Snapping “Give Me a Break!”—The Full Outburst Caught on Camera
久坐办公室“屁股越来越大”?过来人曝改善对策:很有感
jiǔ zuò bàn gōng shì pì gǔ yuè lái yuè dà ? guò lái rén pù gǎi shàn duì cè : hěn yǒu gǎn
Sitting in the office for a long time "the butt is getting bigger and bigger"? People who have been here have exposed improvement measures: very impressive
Character Family
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