彼此ひし

Chinese

		that; those; (one) another)	this; these
trad. (彼此ひし)		彼かれ	此
simp. #(彼此ひし)		彼かれ	此

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐcǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄘˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² ci²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí-chhṳ́
• Northern Min (KCR): bǐ-chǔ
• Eastern Min (BUC): bī-chṳ̄
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pí-chhú / pí-chhír / pí-chhí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi² ce²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐcǐ [Phonetic: bícǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄘˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐcǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-tzʻŭ³
    • Yale: bǐ-tsž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitsyy
    • Palladius: бицы (bicy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² ci²
    • Yale: béi chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-chhṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi^ˋ cii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ ci³
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ t͡sʰɨ³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐ-chǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹ t͡sʰu²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bī-chṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: pí-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyzhuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-chhír
    • Tâi-lô: pí-tshír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-chhí
    • Tâi-lô: pí-tshí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pychie
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi² ce²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí tshṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻²¹/

Pronoun

彼此ひし

1. each other; one another; you and I

   彼此ひし相愛そうあい／彼此ひし相あい爱  ―  bǐcǐ xiāng'ài  ―  to love one another

   彼此ひし兼けん容よう  ―  bǐcǐ jiānróng  ―  to be compatible with each other

   與あずか人ひと相あい處しょ不ふ應おう懷ふところ著しる自じ掃門前ぜん雪ゆき的てき心こころ態たい，應おう當とう彼此ひし關せき懷ふところ，互相幫助。 [MSC, trad.]
   与あずか人ひと相あい处不ふ应怀着ちゃく自じ扫门前ぜん雪ゆき的てき心こころ态，应当彼此ひし关怀，互相帮助。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǔ rén xiāngchǔ bù yīng huái zhe zì sǎo ménqián xuě de xīntài, yīngdāng bǐcǐ guānhuái, hùxiāng bāngzhù. [Pinyin]

   When relating to others, one should not have an attitude of merely worrying about one's own affairs — we should care for and help one another.

2. (humble, often reduplicated) used in replies to others' words of praise; you too

Derived terms

• 不ふ分ぶん彼此ひし (bùfēnbǐcǐ)
• 彼此ひし彼此ひし (bǐcǐ bǐcǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彼此ひし):

• → Japanese: 彼此ひし(ひし) (hishi)
• → Korean: 피차(彼此ひし) (picha)

See also

• 互相 (hùxiāng)
• 交互こうご (jiāohù)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
彼かれ	此
あれ Grade: S	これ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 彼此ひし – see the following entry.

【あれこれ】 [pronoun] this and that; all sorts of things [adverb] this way and that way Alternative spellings 彼かれれ此これ, 彼是あれこれ, 彼かれれ是ぜれ

(This term, 彼此ひし, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
彼かれ	此
ひ Grade: S	し Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Adverb

彼かれ(ひ)此(し) • (hishi) 

1. Synonym of あれこれ

Pronoun

彼かれ(ひ)此(し) • (hishi) 

1. Synonym of あれこれ