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彼此

彼此

Chinese

		that; those; (one) another)	this; these
simp. and trad. (彼此)		彼	此

Pronoun

彼此

each other; one another; you and I
彼此相愛 / 彼此相爱 ― bǐcǐ xiāngài ― to love one another

Synonyms

互相 (hùxiāng)
交互 (jiāohù)

Derived terms

彼此彼此 (bǐcǐ bǐcǐ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bǐcǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄘˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² ci²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pí-chhṳ́
Min Nan (POJ): pí-chhú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǐcǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄘˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biitsyy
  - IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei² ci²
  - Yale: béi chí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei² tsi²
  - IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pí-chhṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi` cii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ ci³
  - IPA: /pi³¹ t͡sʰɨ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: pí-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyzhuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹/