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屁

Mandarin · pinyin pì

fart
flatulence
nonsense
(usu. in the negative) what
(not) a damn thing

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屁: pì · break wind; fart; buttocks

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4 · pi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pei3

Cantonese word readings for 屁. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(colloquial) flatulence; fart (Classifier: 篤／笃 c)
(colloquial) buttocks; backside
(colloquial) to fart; to pass gas
(mildly vulgar) rubbish; worthless; useless; insignificant; trivial
(mildly vulgar, chiefly in the negative) a damn thing; (no)thing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
(mildly vulgar, negates the meaning of the sentence) like hell/like fuck; my ass; your ass; damn all/bugger all/fuck all

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