屁 pì to break wind
to break wind; to fart; the buttocks
怎么记住“屁”: 尸 corpse + 比 compare = to break wind. At yoga everyone lies still as a corpse, and compared with the silence it is very loud when grandpa starts to break wind.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
屁 = 尸 corpse + 比 compare
- 尸 corpse meaning
- 比 compare sound
At yoga everyone lies still as a corpse, and compared with the silence it is very loud when grandpa starts to break wind.
How it came to be
The body gives the meaning and the part below gives the sound.
用法
- A fart: 放屁 (fàng pì) to fart, also slang for 'talking rubbish': 放屁！(fàng pì) bullshit!
- 屁股 (pìgu) = buttocks. 屁 tacked onto a noun negates it dismissively: 屁事 (pì shì) a trivial matter, 懂个屁 (dǒng ge pì) you know nothing.
- Vulgar/very colloquial register.