beix

Catalan

Etymology

From French beige

Adjective

beix (invariable)

beige

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *biːᴮ (“older sibling”). Cognate with Thai พี่ (pîi), Northern Thai ᨻᩦ᩵, Lao ພີ່ (phī), Lü ᦗᦲᧈ (pii¹), Shan ပီႈ (pīi), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pii), Bouyei bix.

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pei˦˨/

Tone numbers: bei⁴

Hyphenation: beix

Noun

beix (old orthography beiч, Sawndip forms 𤿌, 佊, 仳, 𠾦, 皮, 彼)

older sibling
any older person of the same generation
(chiefly in folk songs) A term of address used by a girl to her boyfriend.

Derived terms

Terms derived from beix

beixnangz
beixngaenz

beixnuengx
daegbeix

dahbeix

Adjective

beix (old orthography beiч, Sawndip forms 𤿌, 佊, 仳, 𠾦, 皮, 彼)

(of people) older; senior

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