Taxonomy of meanings for 僻:　　

  • 僻 pì (OC: pheɡ MC: pʰiɛk) 芳辟切 入 廣韻：【誤也邪僻也芳辟切四 】
  • 僻 pì (OC: pheeɡ MC: pʰek) 普擊切 入 廣韻：【邪僻 】
    • COUNTRYSIDE
      • nout of the way place
      • vadNZUO: out of the way, little frequented
    • VULGAR
      • vibe uncultivated
      • vadNremote and uncivilised
    • WICKED
      • vibe deviant and depraved, unreglemented, unruly; extravagant
      • nabactdepraved, deviant action
      • vadVinappropriately, improperly, in a biased way
      • nabpsychologicaldecrepitudeCH
      • nabfeaturedepravity, devianceLZ
    • AVOID
      • SLANT
        • STRANGE
          • MISTAKE

            Additional information about 僻

            說文解字: 【僻】，避也。 〔小徐本作「辟也。」〕 从人、辟聲。《詩》曰：宛如左僻。 〔小徐本「如」作「然」。〕 一曰：从 㫄 牽也。 【普擊切】

              Criteria
            • WICKED

              1. The most current and general word for wickedness is probably è 惡 (ant. shàn 善 "good"), but it must be noted that in early texts the word is more current in the meaning of physical ugliness.

              2. Xié 邪 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and in no way wicked") typically involves nuances of sinister evil influences in addition to plain human depravity.

              3. Suì 祟 (ant. xiáng 祥 "of the good innocuous kind") refers to sinister supernatural wicked forces operating in the human world.

              4. Yāo 妖 (ant. jí 吉 "of a generally auspicious nature") typically implies nuances of seductive or beguiling qualities coexisting with wickedness.

              5. Jiān 姦 (ant. liáng 良 "of the good sort, decent") refers to sheer human depravity with no supernatural or sinister overtones.

              6. Chǒu 醜 (ant. měi 美 "of commendable moral quality") often refers to something rather like moral ugliness and depravity in early texts, but from Han times onwards the word comes to refer to physical ugliness].

              7. Qū 曲 (ant. duān 端 "straight and unwarped") refers to warped crookedness and lack of moral straightness.

              8. Wú 污 (ant. jié 潔 "morally pure and spotless") refers to moral defilement or moral impurity.

              9. Liè 劣 (ant. ) refers to moral inferiority as opposed to excellence.

              10. Pì 僻 (ant. ) refers to

              11. Jiāo 姣 refers to wickedness coupled with cunning, scheming and malice.

              12. Xiǎn 險 is occasionally used to refer to the type of wickedness that is a danger to the group or the state.

              13. Wāi 歪 (ant. zhí 直 "morally straight") refers to wickedness under the image of moral warpedness and and deviation from a straight proper norm.

              14. Xiōng 凶 refers to a baneful wickedness that bodes ill for the future.

              15. Chǐ 恥 refers to something that is a public disgrace. See SHAME.

            • COUNTRYSIDE

              1. The current general word for the undelimited non-urban areas is yě 野 (ant. yì 邑 "urbanised settlement").

              2. Jiāo 郊 is the fairly well-defined cultivated countryside immediately surround a conurbation; it is also the place where "suburban" sacrifices are held. See CITY

              3. Pì 僻 refers to unfrequented outlying parts of the country without strongly suggesting any deficiency in culture.

              4. Bǐ 鄙 refers again to the outlying parts of the countryside that are deficient in "high culture", and these words are predominantly used as adjectives.

              5. Lòu 陋 is a rare word referring to the remote countryside.

              6. Huāng 荒 refers to any lack of cultivated vegetation and even demarkation of fields.