睥睨

Chinese

look askance look askance
simp. and trad.
(睥睨)
alternative forms 俾倪
埤堄 wall
睤睨

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (2) (31)
Final () (39) (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter phejH ngejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰeiH/ /ŋeiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰeiH/ /ŋeiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰɛiH/ /ŋɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰɛjH/ /ŋɛjH/
Li
Rong
/pʰeiH/ /ŋeiH/
Wang
Li
/pʰieiH/ /ŋieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰieiH/ /ŋieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pai3 ngai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 361 2754
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰeːs/ /*ŋeːs/
Notes

Verb

睥睨

  1. (literary) to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye
  2. (literary) to spy upon

Synonyms

  • (to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye): 介倪 (jièní)

Derived terms

  • 睥睨物表
  • 睥睨窺覦睥睨窥觎

Noun

睥睨

  1. (literary) crenelated parapet wall
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