篳篥

See also: 觱篥 and 筚篥

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (篳篥)		篳	篥
simp. (筚篥)		筚	篥
alternative forms		觱篥 觱栗 𥷑篥 箄篥 悲栗 觱篥 觱栗 𥷑篥 箄篥 悲栗 悲篥 悲慄／悲栗

Etymology

Borrowed from a language in the Western Regions. Compare Khotanese *pīlī (“pipe?”) (as in pīlīrūvī (“clyster-pipe”)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ leot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìlì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: bì-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihlih
    • Palladius: били (bili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 壁立 篳篥 / 筚篥 薜荔 觱栗 觱篥

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ leot⁶
    • Yale: bāt leuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ loet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɵt̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 篳篥 / 筚篥 觱栗 觱篥

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• Middle Chinese: pjit lit

Rime
Character	篳	篥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	卑吉切	力質切
Baxter	pjit	lit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪt̚/	/liɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pit̚/	/lit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pjet̚/	/ljet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pit̚/	/lit̚/
Li Rong	/piĕt̚/	/liĕt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭĕt̚/	/lĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕt̚/	/li̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat1	lat6

Noun

篳篥

1. (music) bili (a cylindrical double reed wind instrument used in the court and ritual music of China since ancient times)

   • 南山截竹爲觱篥，此樂本自龜茲出。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南山截竹为觱篥，此乐本自龟兹出。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. mid-8th century, Li Qi,《聽安萬善吹觱篥歌》, translated by Sun Dayu

     Nánshān jié zhú wéi bìlì, cǐ yuè běn zì Qiūcí chū. [Pinyin]

     Cutting bamboo from the South Mount, a bi-li pipe is made by;
     Qiuci the Hu state is where its bizarre music cometh from.

Descendants

• → Korean: 피리 (piri, “reed wind instrument”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
篳	篥
ひち Hyōgai	りき Hyōgai
on'yomi

篳篥 (hichiriki)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひちりき [hìchíríkí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ひちりき [hìchíꜜrìkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çit͡ɕiɾʲikʲi]

Noun

篳(ひち)篥(りき) • (hichiriki) 

1. a cylindrical double reed wind instrument used in the gagaku music of Japan