BI
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bi"
Translingual
editSymbol
editBI
English
editNoun
editBI (uncountable)
- (business) Initialism of business interruption.
- (business, informatics) Initialism of business informatics.
- (business, informatics) Initialism of business intelligence.
- (Philippines, slang) Initialism of bad influence.
Proper noun
editBI
- (Philippines, government) Initialism of Bureau of Immigration.
Anagrams
editIndonesian
editNoun
editBI (first-person possessive BIku, second-person possessive BImu, third-person possessive BInya)
- (education) initialism of Bahasa Indonesia (“Indonesian language”).
Proper noun
editBI
- (finance) Initialism of Bank Indonesia.
Malay
editNoun
editBI (informal 1st possessive BIku, 2nd possessive BImu, 3rd possessive BInya)
Portuguese
editNoun
editBI m (plural BIs)
- Initialism of bilhete de identidade (“ID card”).
Tagalog
editEtymology
editFrom Philippine English BI, from an initialism of bad influence.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbiʔaj/ [ˈbiː.ʔaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -iʔaj
Noun
editBI (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ ᜀᜌ᜔) (slang)
- bad influence (something or someone that teaches others to do wrong or encourages wrong actions and thoughts by example)
- 2021, Emerald Blake, Tara, Sulat Tayo Volume 1[1], Ukiyoto Publishing, →ISBN, page 93:
- Gaya ng sabi ko last time. Maganda 'yong may accountability partner ka or writing buddy para may magre-remind sa iyo sa goals mo as a writer. Someone na hindi ka ibi-BI (bad influence)
- Like I said last time. It will be great if you have an accountability partner or writing buddy so that someone can remind you of your goals as a writer. Someone who will not BI (bad influence) you.
- 2022, Rose Tan, Time After Time[2], Precious Pages Corporation, →ISBN:
- "No! Hindi kita kaibigan. Pahamak ka, eh. Ikaw ang totoong BI." Bad Influence. "Ikaw ang nagpapahamak sa'kin. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ka ganyan pero ayoko nang alamin. Just... stay away from me."
- "No! You're not my friend. You're a danger, eh. You are the true BI." Bad Influence. "You are the one endangering me. I don't know why you are like that but I don't want to know. Just... stay away from me."
Further reading
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- Translingual lemmas
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- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- mul:Burundi
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Business
- English initialisms
- Philippine English
- English slang
- English proper nouns
- en:Government
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- id:Education
- Indonesian initialisms
- Indonesian proper nouns
- id:Finance
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay uncountable nouns
- ms:Education
- Malay short forms
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese initialisms
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iʔaj
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iʔaj/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog slang
- Tagalog terms with quotations