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俾

bǐ

Character

What 俾 means

1. to cause
2. to enable
3. phonetic bi
4. Taiwan pr. bì

Example sentences

• 如果有人早期对俾斯麦说他是个很好的演说家，他会很生气。那也太平淡了，他会说自己不是个好演说家，我说话结巴。我是个政治家，不是个好演说家。
  If someone told Bismarck early on that he's a great public speaker, he would be very angry. That's so plain, he would say he is not a good public speaker, I talk with a stammer. I'm a politician, not a good public speaker.

Words starting with 俾

• 俾使bǐ shǐin order that; so that; so as to
• 俾利bǐ lìto facilitate; thus making easier
• 俾格米bǐ gé mǐPygmy
• 俾路支Bǐ lù zhīBalochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
• 俾夜作昼bǐ yè zuò zhòulit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil; work especially hard
• 俾昼作夜bǐ zhòu zuò yèto make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure…
• 俾路支省Bǐ lù zhī shěngBalochistan (Pakistan)
• 俾倪bǐ níparapet; to look askance
• 俾斯麦Bǐ sī màiBismarck (name); Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President…

Words containing 俾

• 加俾额尔Jiā bǐ é ěrGabriel (biblical name)

Characters built on 卑

These share the phonetic component 卑 (bēi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 啤píbeer
• 脾píspleen
• 裨bìto benefit; to aid; advantageous
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 蜱pítick (zoology)
• 睥pìused in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì
• 陴píparapet
• 郫píplace name

Characters that look like 俾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 律lǜlaw
• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 萍píngduckweed
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 俸fèng(bound form) salary; stipend

Sounds the same

Read bǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 比to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more adj. than noun; ratio
• 笔writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…
• 彼that; those; (one) another
• 鄙rustic; low; base
• 匕dagger; ladle; ancient type of spoon
• 吡used as phonetic bi- or pi-
• 秕grain not fully grown; husks; withered grain
• 妣deceased mother
• 舭bilge
• 沘name of a river
• 疕facial skin disease; mange
• 夶old variant of 比