鞭笞

Chinese

		a whip or lash; to flog; slash or whip	to whip with bamboo strips
trad. (鞭笞)		鞭	笞
simp. #(鞭笞)		鞭	笞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biānchī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ ci¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pian-thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biānchī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bianchih
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹-chʻih¹
    • Yale: byān-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianchy
    • Palladius: бяньчи (bjanʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin¹ ci¹
    • Yale: bīn chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-thi
    • Tâi-lô: pian-thi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pienty
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³ tʰi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjien trhi

Rime
Character	鞭	笞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	卑連切	丑之切
Baxter	pjien	trhi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇn/	/ʈʰɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛn/	/ʈʰɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/pjæn/	/ȶʰie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pian/	/ʈʰɨ/
Li Rong	/piɛn/	/ȶʰiə/
Wang Li	/pĭɛn/	/ȶʰĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛn/	/ȶʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biān	chī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin1	ci1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pen  l̥ʰɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鞭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biān
Middle Chinese	‹ pjien ›
Old Chinese	/*pe[n]/
English	whip (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鞭	笞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	770	12284
Phonetic component	便	台
Rime group	元	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	鞭	癡
Old Chinese	/*pen/	/*l̥ʰɯ/
Notes	便轉註字

Verb

鞭笞

1. (literary, literally) to flog; to whip; to lash
2. (literary, figurative) to urge or goad along
3. (literary, figurative) to scold sharply; to denounce bitterly

Synonyms

• (to flog):

edit

• 抽 (chōu)
• 抽打
• 鞭打 (biāndǎ)
• 鞭撻 / 鞭挞 (biāntà) (chiefly figurative)
• 鞭韃 / 鞭鞑 (biāndá) (literary)

Derived terms

• 鞭笞天下