菲薄

Chinese

		rich; luxurious; phenanthrene (chemical) rich; luxurious; phenanthrene (chemical); Philippines (abbrev.)	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (菲薄)		菲	薄
simp. #(菲薄)		菲	薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěibó

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei² bok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): húi-po̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fěibó
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fěibó
    • Wade–Giles: fei³-po²
    • Yale: fěi-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feeibor
    • Palladius: фэйбо (fɛjbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei² bok⁶
    • Yale: féi bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei² bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi² bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵ pɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi-po̍k
    • Tâi-lô: huí-po̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huy'pok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔk̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phj+jX bak

Rime
Character	菲	薄
Reading #	2/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	敷尾切	傍各切
Baxter	phj+jX	bak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉiX/	/bwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɨiX/	/bʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuəiX/	/buɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰujX/	/bwak̚/
Li Rong	/pʰiuəiX/	/buɑk̚/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwəiX/	/buɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰwe̯iX/	/bʱwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fěi	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei2	bok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯlʔ  baːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菲	薄
Reading #	2/3	1/1
No.	3101	3487
Phonetic component	非	甫
Rime group	微	鐸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	斐	泊
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯlʔ/	/*baːɡ/

Adjective

菲薄

1. humble; poor
2. meager; scant

Verb

菲薄

1. to belittle; to despise