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噼

pī

Character

What 噼 means

1. child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese)
2. onomatopoeiacrack, slap, clap, clatter etc

Example sentences

• 水发出汩汩声，火发出噼啪声。
  Shuǐ fāchū gǔgǔ shēng, huǒ fāchū pīpā shēng.
  Water gurgles while fire crackles.

Words starting with 噼

• 噼里啪啦pī li pā lā(onomatopoeia) crackling of firecrackers; pitter-patter of rain; burst of applause
• 噼啪pī pāvariant of 劈啪

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
• 劈pīto hack; to chop; to split open
• 霹pīused in 霹雳

Characters that look like 噼

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
• 僻pì(bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center
• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 擀gǎnto roll (dough etc)

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
• 劈to hack; to chop; to split open
• 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