屁 pì to break wind
to break wind; to fart; the buttocks
How to remember 屁: 尸 corpse + 比 compare = to break wind. At yoga everyone lies still as a corpse, and compared with the silence it is very loud when grandpa starts to break wind.
Component breakdown
屁 = 尸 corpse + 比 compare
- 尸 corpse
- 比 compare
At yoga everyone lies still as a corpse, and compared with the silence it is very loud when grandpa starts to break wind.
How it is used
- A fart: 放屁 (fàng pì) to fart - also slang for 'talking rubbish': 放屁！(fàng pì) bullshit!
- 屁股 (pìgu) = buttocks. 屁 tacked onto a noun negates it dismissively: 屁事 (pì shì) a trivial matter, 懂个屁 (dǒng ge pì) you know nothing.
- Vulgar/very colloquial register.