睥睨

Chinese
look askance look askance
simp. and trad.
(睥睨)		 睥 睨
alternative forms 俾倪
埤堄 wall
睤睨

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 睥 睨
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 匹詣切 五計切
Baxter phejH ngejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰeiH/ /ŋeiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰeiH/ /ŋeiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰɛiH/ /ŋɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰɛjH/ /ŋɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /pʰeiH/ /ŋeiH/
Wang
Li		 /pʰieiH/ /ŋieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰieiH/ /ŋieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pì yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 pai3 ngai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 睥 睨
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 361 2754
Phonetic
component		 卑 兒
Rime
group		 支 支
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 媲 詣
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰeːs/ /*ŋeːs/
Notes 見淮南子

Verb

睥睨

  1. (literary) to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye
  2. (literary) to spy upon

Synonyms
  • (to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye): 介倪 (jièní)

Derived terms
  • 睥睨物表
  • 睥睨窺覦／睥睨窥觎

Noun

睥睨

  1. (literary) crenelated parapet wall
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