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劈

pī

HSK 6 Character

What 劈 means

1. to hack
2. to chop
3. to split open
4. (of lightning) to strike

Other readings

劈 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• pǐto split in two; to divide

Example sentences

• 我被雷劈了。
  Wǒ bèi léi pī le.
  I was struck by lightning.
• 你敢说那庙是个破庙...你不怕被雷劈了吗？
  How dare you say that that temple is a ruined temple...aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?

Words starting with 劈

• 劈头pī tóustraight away; right off the bat; right on the head; right in the face
• 劈头盖脸pī tóu gài liǎnlit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)…
• 劈柴pī cháito chop firewood; to split logs
• 劈开pī kāito cleave; to split open; to spread open (fingers, legs)
• 劈叉pǐ chàthe splits (move in dancing); to do the splits; Taiwan pr. pǐ chā
• 劈啪pī pā(onomatopoeia) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
• 劈手pī shǒuwith a lightning move of the hand
• 劈理pī lǐ(mining) cleavage
• 劈腿pǐ tuǐto do the splits (gymnastics); (Taiwan) two-timing (in romantic relationships)…
• 劈脸pī liǎnright in the face
• 劈裂pī lièto split open; to cleave; to rend
• 劈离pī lísplit
• 劈面pī miànright in the face
• 劈情操pī qíng cāoto have a friendly chat (Shanghai)
• 劈挂拳pī guà quánPiguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
• 劈空扳害pī kōng bān hàidamaged by groundless slander (idiom)
• 劈哩啪啦pī li pā lāvariant of 噼里啪啦
• 劈里啪啦pī li pā lāvariant of 噼里啪啦

Words containing 劈

• 嚷劈rǎng pīshout oneself hoarse
• 微劈恩wēi pī ēn(colloquial; loanword) VPN

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
• 僻pì(bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center
• 霹pīused in 霹雳
• 璧bìjade annulus

Characters that look like 劈

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

• 赞zàn(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞
• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 镑bàngpound (sterling) (loanword)
• 弊bìdetriment; fraud; harm
• 瞥piēto shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
• 赘zhuì(bound form) superfluous; (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's…

Sounds the same

Read pī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 批to ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 披to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 噼child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese); (onomatopoeia) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
• 坯blank (e.g. for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product
• 丕grand
• 霹used in 霹雳
• 砒arsenic
• 纰error; carelessness; spoiled silk
• 伾multitudinous; powerful
• 狉puppy badger
• 秠(millet)
• 錍flat arrow-head; plow blade; also pr. pí