脾胃

Chinese

		spleen	stomach
trad. (脾胃)		脾	胃
simp. #(脾胃)		脾	胃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî-ūi / pî-ui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píwèi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-wei⁴
    • Yale: pí-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyiwey
    • Palladius: пивэй (pivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ wai⁶
    • Yale: pèih waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: pî-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi'ui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² ui²²/
    • IPA (Tainan): /pi²⁴⁻³³ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³⁻³³ ui³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² ui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi²⁴⁻²² ui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-ui
    • Tâi-lô: pî-ui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi'uy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi²⁴⁻²² ui³³/

Noun

脾胃

1. (literally) spleen and stomach (one's digestive organs)
2. (figurative, Mandarin, Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) one's taste; liking; preference; palate; choice
3. (figurative) one's disposition; character; temperament; personality
4. (Hokkien) appetite (desire for food or drink)

Synonyms

• (appetite):

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• 喉口 (Leizhou Min)
• 喙口 (Min Nan)
• 喙斗 (Min Nan)
• 喙舌 (Min Nan)
• 肚量 (dùliàng) (amount one can eat in a meal)
• 胃口 (wèikǒu)
• 脾土 (pî-thó͘) (Hokkien)
• 食慾 / 食欲 (shíyù)
• 食量 (shíliàng) (amount one can eat in a meal)
• 食食 (Leizhou Min, amount one can eat in a meal)
• 飯量 / 饭量 (fànliàng) (amount one can eat in a meal)

Derived terms

• 不傷脾胃 / 不伤脾胃
• 投脾胃