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僻

pì

HSK 6 Character

What 僻 means

1. bound formremote
2. out of the way
3. off-center
4. eccentric

Example sentences

• 那个位置很偏僻。
  It's quite a remote spot.
• 那个孤僻的人以观察蚂蚁取乐。
  Nàge gūpì de rén yǐ guānchá mǎyǐ qǔlè.
  The lonely man derives pleasure from observing ants.

Words starting with 僻

• 僻静pì jìnglonely; secluded
• 僻地pì dìthe sticks; the boondocks
• 僻处pì chǔto be located in (a remote place); to be hidden away in (an out-of-the-way area)
• 僻远pì yuǎnremote and faraway

Words containing 僻

• 偏僻piān pìremote; desolate; far from the city
• 孤僻gū pìunsociable; withdrawn; reclusive
• 穷乡僻壤qióng xiāng pì rǎnga remote and desolate place
• 生僻shēng pìunfamiliar; rarely seen
• 乖僻guāi pìpeculiar; eccentric
• 冷僻lěng pìout-of-the-way; deserted; unfamiliar
• 幽僻yōu pìsecluded; quiet and remote; obscure and faraway
• 怪僻guài pìeccentric; peculiar
• 荒僻huāng pìdesolate; deserted; out-of-the-way
• 邪僻xié pìabnormal; improper; beyond the pale
• 乡僻xiāng pìfar from town; out-of-the-way place
• 熟词僻义shú cí pì yìuncommon meaning of a common word

Characters built on 辟

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

• 避bìto avoid; to shun; to flee
• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 臂bìarm
• 譬pìto give an example
• 癖pǐhabit; hobby
• 劈pīto hack; to chop; to split open
• 霹pīused in 霹雳
• 璧bìjade annulus

Characters that look like 僻

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

• 辨biànto distinguish; to recognize
• 懈xièlax; negligent
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 锵qiāngtinkling of small bells
• 噼pīchild's buttocks (esp. Cantonese); (onomatopoeia) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
• 鲟xúnsturgeon; Acipenser sturio

Sounds the same

Read pì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 屁fart; flatulence; nonsense
• 譬to give an example
• 辟penal law; variant of 辟
• 媲to match; to pair
• 睥used in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì
• 潎rippling; pour
• 澼bleach; to clean
• 甓glazed tile
• 䴙used in 䴙䴘
• 髲a wig
• 淠luxuriant (of water plants)