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匹

pǐ

HSK 5 Character

What 匹 means

1. bound formmatching; comparable to
2. bound formalone; single; one of a pair
3. classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. pī)
4. classifier for cloth: bolt
5. horsepower

Other readings

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

• pǐvariant of {匹|pǐ}; classifier for cloth: bolt

Example sentences

• 我饿得像匹马。
  I'm as hungry as a horse.
• 我拥有一匹马。
  I own a horse.
• 两个数字不匹配。
  Liǎng gèshù zì bù pǐpèi.
  Two figures did not match.
• 我非常喜欢匹萨。
  I love pizza very much.
• 这匹马是白色的。
  The horse is white.
• 那匹马不是白的。
  That horse is not white.

Words starting with 匹

• 匹配pǐ pèito mate or marry; to match; matching
• 匹敌pǐ díto be equal to; to be well-matched; rival
• 匹夫pǐ fūordinary man; ignorant person; coarse fellow
• 匹偶pǐ ǒua married couple
• 匹克pǐ kè(loanword) pick; plectrum
• 匹克球pǐ kè qiú(loanword) pickleball
• 匹兹堡Pǐ zī bǎoPittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
• 匹马力pǐ mǎ lìhorsepower
• 匹夫匹妇pǐ fū pǐ fù(idiom) ordinary people; commoners
• 匹耦pǐ ǒuvariant of 匹偶

Words containing 匹

• 奥林匹克Ào lín pǐ kèOlympic
• 马匹mǎ pǐhorse
• 布匹bù pǐcloth (by the yard)
• 单枪匹马dān qiāng pǐ mǎ(lit.) single spear and horse (idiom); (fig.) single-handed; unaccompanied
• 奥林匹克运动会Ào lín pǐ kè Yùn dòng huìOlympic Games; the Olympics
• 无匹wú pǐincomparable; matchless; unrivalled
• 娘希匹niáng xī pǐ(dialect) fuck!
• 单人匹马dān rén pǐ mǎsingle-handedly (idiom)
• 奥林匹亚Ào lín pǐ yàOlympia (Greece)
• 无可匹敌wú kě pǐ díunsurpassed; unparalleled
• 阻抗匹配zǔ kàng pǐ pèiimpedance matching
• 阿司匹林ā sī pǐ lín(loanword) aspirin
• 阿斯匹林ā sī pǐ línaspirin (loanword) (variant of 阿司匹林
• 阿斯匹灵ā sī pī líng(Taiwan; loanword) aspirin
• 奥林匹克体育场Ào lín pǐ kè tǐ yù chǎngOlympic Stadium
• 国际奥林匹克委员会Guó jì Ào lín pǐ kè Wěi yuán huìInternational Olympic Committee
• 奥林匹克运动会组织委员会Ào lín pǐ kè Yùn dòng huì Zǔ zhī Wěi yuán huìOlympic Organizing Committee
• 国家兴亡，匹夫有责guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zéThe rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility…
• 天下兴亡，匹夫有责tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zéThe rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility…

Characters that look like 匹

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

• 囚qiúprisoner

Sounds the same

Read pǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 癖habit; hobby
• 否clogged; evil
• 劈to split in two; to divide
• 痞constipation; lump in the abdomen
• 仳to part
• 圮destroyed; injure
• 庀to prepare
• 嚭great; great fortune
• 擗(literary) to beat the breast; to break off; to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc)
• 苉picene (C22H14)