鄙吝

Chinese

		rustic; low; base rustic; low; base; mean	stingy
trad. (鄙吝)		鄙	吝
simp. ^#(鄙吝)		鄙	吝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐlìn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pei² leon⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phí-līn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐlìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐlìn
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-lin⁴
  - Yale: bǐ-lìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biilinn
  - Palladius: билинь (bilinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei² leon⁶
  - Yale: péi leuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei² loen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi² lên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯³⁵ lɵn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phí-līn
  - Tâi-lô: phí-līn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phylin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lin³³/

Middle Chinese: pijX linH

Rime
Character	鄙	吝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方美切	良刃切
Baxter	pijX	linH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪ^X/	/liɪn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚi^X/	/lin^H/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪ^X/	/ljen^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pji^X/	/lin^H/
Li Rong	/pji^X/	/liĕn^H/
Wang Li	/pi^X/	/lĭĕn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi^X/	/li̯ĕn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐ	lìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei²	lan⁶

Adjective

鄙吝

(literary) distasteful; vulgar; low
(literary) stingy; miserly

Synonyms

(distasteful):

低下 (dīxià)
低俗 (dīsú)
低級／低级 (dījí)
俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
卑俗 (bēisú)
庸俗 (yōngsú)
鄙俗 (bǐsú)

(stingy):

吝嗇／吝啬 (lìnsè)
小氣／小气 (xiǎoqì)
慳吝／悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)
摳／抠 (kōu)
摳門／抠门 (kōumén)
窮相／穷相 (qióngxiàng) (literary or regional)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “distasteful”):

優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
古雅 (gǔyǎ)
嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
文雅 (wényǎ)
文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
斯文 (sīwén)
斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
高尚 (gāoshàng)
高雅 (gāoyǎ)

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