Taxonomy of meanings for 罷:　　

  • 罷 pí (OC: bral MC: bɯiɛ) 符羈切 平 廣韻：【倦也亦止也又音矲 】
    • TIRED
      • vibe exhausted vt-pass ???
      • v[adN]pluralthe exhausted
      • vtoNcausativecause to be exhausted
      • vt+prep+NPab{ACT}be too exhausted to V
      • vadNworn-out, tired-out
      • reward for tiring oneself out>REWARD
        • vtoNreward with a feast
      • generalised>LACK
          • object> strength>WEAK
              • prove the weaker one, lose in conflict>FAIL
        • 罷 bà (OC: breelʔ MC: bɯæ) 薄蟹切 上 廣韻：【止也休也薄蟹切六 】
          • STOP
            • viactcease, cease to operate; desist; relax specifically: relent at (a place)
            • viperfectivecease, come to an end
            • vtoNstop at, encamp at
            • vtoNcausativecause to cease (military action); relieve ( a siege); discontinue; abolish (a monopoly)
            • vtoNfinish, discontinue (a hunt etc)CH
            • causative>DISMISS
              • vtoNdismiss from office
              • generalised>REMOVE
                  • refelexive>WITHDRAW
                    • viact(of an army) withdraw
                    • vtoNwithdraw (an army); retire (from a meal); withdraw from (a place)
                  • object: parts only>REDUCE
              • perfective>COMPLETE
                • RETURN
                  • grammaticalised>MODAL PARTICLES
                  • 罷 bèi (OC: bralʔ MC: bɯiɛ) 皮彼切 上 廣韻：【遣有罪又平陂薄解二切 】
                  • 罷 ｐｉ４《集韻》拍逼切，入職滂。
                  • 罷 ｂｉ３《集韻》補靡切，上紙幫。支部。
                  • pí ORDINARY
                    • vibe ordinary, be of ordinary talent and worthCH
                    • v[adN]the ordinary ones, those of less talentLZ

                  Additional information about 罷

                  說文解字:

                    Criteria
                  • STOP

                    1. The standard current word for ceasing in an activity is zhǐ 止 (ant. xíng 行 "carry on with"), and this word can to any concrete or abstract activity; the ceasing may be final or temporary.

                    2. Definitive discontinuation, often of inanimate processes, is yǐ 已 (ant. zuò 作 "break into action"). See FINISH.

                    3. Bà 罷 is to deliberately discontinue a course of action one is embarked on, particularly a military action.

                    4. Ceasing in a human activity, for a while, is xí 息 and the somewhat rarer xiū 休 (all ant. zuò 作 "break into action").

                    5. Jué 絕 (ant. jì 繼 "continue") is to disrupt one's current (human) activity, and fèi 廢 (ant. qín 勤 "continue to make a serioues effort") is to discontinue such an acitivity permanently.

                    6. Shě 舍 (often negated) is to relent in a certain activity.

                    7. Chuò 輟 (ant.* láo 勞 "put in a continued honest effort") is temporary discontinuation of human action.

                    8. Zhì 滯 can be used to refer to the involuntary discontinuation in an activity.

                    9. Xiē1 歇 refers to the discontinuation of a process (like that of worrying).

                  • TIRED

                    1. The general purpose word for communal exhaustion is pì 罷 (ant. zhuàng 壯 "in strong shape"); the general word for the state of exhaustion of an individual is juàn 倦. 不倦 refers to tireless activity, 不饜 refers to tireless receptivity. See DISSATISFIED.

                    2. Pí 疲 and bèi 憊 typically refer to a relatively mild state of exhaustion.

                    3. Bì 弊 refers to a desperate state of exhaustion.

                    4. Láo 勞 refers to the state of exhaustion after extended lasting effort.

                    5. Dān 殫 refers not so much to the subjective feeling of exhaustion as to the objective inability to continue an activity for lack of further energy.

                    6. Qú 劬, a very poetic word, and the less poetic qín 勤, focus on the effort that brings about tiredness.

                    7. Cuì 瘁 is a poetic word referring to weariness.

                    8. Qiáo cuì 憔悴 refers to a weariness born of exhaustion.

                    9. Láo 老 refers specifically to exhaustion of soldiers.

                    10. Yàn 厭 refers specifically to being tired of, and thus fed up with something.

                  • DISMISS

                    1. The standard bureaucratic general term for dismissal from office is miǎn 免.

                    2. Yǐ 已 is a polite periphrastic word for dismissal.

                    3. Fèi 廢 refers informally to dismissal from office.

                    4. Bà 罷 is a Han dynasty administrative term for dismissal.

                    5. Chì 斥 refers to dismissal followed by banishment. See BANISH

                  • WITHDRAW

                    1. The current general word for withdrawing from somewhere is tuì 退 (ant. jìn 進 "move forwards"), and the withdrawal can be over a short or a long distance, often with the purpose of returning to one's point of departure.

                    2. Què 卻 (ant. qián 前 "move forward") refers to backing off, often under pressure, and typically for a shorter distance, and usually the immediate purpose of the withdrawal is not that of returning to one's point of departure but to get out of a confrontation.

                    3. Bà 罷 (ant. gōng 攻 "move forward to attack") refers to an army withdrawing its military forces.

                    4. Bì 避 (ant. duì 對 "face up to") refers to a polite withdrawal from an honoured or regular position, typical a position facing someone in authority.

                    5. Yin3 引 refers to the act of preparing and then commencing a formal military withdrawal.

                    Jī jīn 擊金 and míng jīn 鳴金 "beating the bells for military withdrawal" (ant. jī gǔ 擊鼓 "beat the drums for a military attack") refers to giving a signal for withdrawal of troops.

                    Word relations
                  • Subject: (STOP)戰/BATTLE The general term is zhàn 戰 (ant. hé 和 "ceasing of hostilities, ceasefire") and refers to any military engagement at a given time. [GENERAL], [TEMPORARY]