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Chinese
[edit]mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele | ||
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simp. and trad. (口碑) |
口 | 碑 |
Etymology
[edit]From the 13th-century Buddhist text Wudeng Huiyuan (《五燈會元》, Compendium of Five Lamps). Literally “oral stele”, as steles are a medium for commemorative text relating to the deceased person. Compare 有口皆碑 (yǒukǒujiēbēi).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kǒubei
- Wade–Giles: kʻou3-pei1
- Yale: kǒu-bēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooubei
- Palladius: коубэй (koubɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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口碑
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hau2 bei1
- Yale: háu bēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau2 bei1
- Guangdong Romanization: heo2 béi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯³⁵ pei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-pi
- Tâi-lô: khió-pi
- Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'py
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pi³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-pi
- Tâi-lô: kháu-pi
- Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'py
- IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
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- (literary, originally) public praise
- public reputation; word-of-mouth reputation