Definitions

(noun,verb) fart; flatulence
(noun) nonsense; rubbish

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Semantic: Phonetic:

About

屁 is a phono-semantic compound with the radical 尸, depicting a seated human body, above the phonetic component 比 (bǐ), which indicates pronunciation. Its primary meaning is flatulence or intestinal gas, and by extension, it refers to the buttocks. The character also has a common vulgar and colloquial sense, used to describe something worthless, trivial, or nonsensical. It frequently appears in slang to dismiss talk as rubbish, emphasize insignificance, or intensify negative statements about a situation.

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弟弟放了一个

Dìdi fàng le yī gè pì.

Little brother farted.

不要在公共场所放

Bùyào zài gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ fàng pì.

Don't fart in public places.

他说的话都是话。

Tā shuō de huà dōu shì pìhuà.

What he said is all nonsense.

那个笑话让我放了个

Nàge xiàohua ràng wǒ fàng le gè pì.

That joke made me fart.

你刚才放的真臭啊!

Nǐ gāngcái fàng de pì zhēn chòu a!

The fart you just let out is really smelly!

别听他的,他整天说话。

Bié tīng tā de, tā zhěngtiān shuō pìhuà.

Don't listen to him, he talks nonsense all day.

他的理论毫无价值,全是

Tā de lǐlùn háo wú jiàzhí, quán shì pì.

His theory has no value, it's all nonsense.

尽管他试图用科学解释那个,但大家还是笑了。

Jǐnguǎn tā shìtú yòng kēxué jiěshì nàgè pì, dàn dàjiā háishì xiào le.

Even though he tried to explain that fart scientifically, everyone still laughed.