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培

péi

HSK 5 Character

What 培 means

1. to bank up with earth
2. to cultivate (lit. or fig.)
3. to train (people)

Example sentences

• 你要培根还是要香肠?
  Nǐ yào péigēn háishi yào xiāngcháng?
  Would you like bacon or sausage?
• 培养政治意识要花费时间。
  Péiyǎng zhèngzhì yìshí yào huāfèi shíjiān.
  It takes time to develop political awareness.
• BLT 代表培根、生菜和番茄。
  BLT stands for bacon, lettuce and tomato.
• 他们想栽培新品种的米来增加粮食生产。
  Tāmen xiǎng zāipéi xīn pǐnzhǒng de mǐ lái zēngjiā liángshi shēngchǎn.
  They want to increase food production by growing new kinds of rice.
• 澳大利亚的首都是堪培拉，不是墨尔本。
  The capital of Australia is Canberra, not Melbourne.
• 子女培养全社会都很关心，教育要进行改革。
  Zǐnǚ péiyǎng quán shèhuì dōu hěn guānxīn, jiàoyù yào jìnxíng gǎigé.
  The raising of children is something that concerns the entire community. There will be an education reform.

Words starting with 培

• 培养péi yǎngto cultivate; to breed; to foster
• 培训péi xùnto cultivate; to train; to groom
• 培育péi yùto train; to breed
• 培训班péi xùn bāntraining class
• 培植péi zhíto cultivate; to train; cultivation
• 培根péi gēn(loanword) bacon
• 培亚Péi yàPraia, capital of Cape Verde (Tw)
• 培修péi xiūto repair earthworks
• 培土péi tǔto earth up
• 培林péi lín(mechanical) bearing (loanword) (Tw)
• 培养基péi yǎng jīculture medium
• 培养液péi yǎng yèculture fluid (in biological lab.)
• 培养皿péi yǎng mǐnPetri dish
• 培勒兹Péi lè zīPerez (name)
• 培果bèi guǒvariant of 贝果

Words containing 培

• 栽培zāi péito grow; to cultivate; to train
• 蔡元培Cài Yuán péiCai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University…
• 委培wěi péito commission another organization (a school or training center etc) to train one's…
• 安培ān péi(loanword) ampere
• 水培shuǐ péito grow plants hydroponically
• 组培zǔ péitissue culture, esp. plant tissue culture (abbr. for 组织培养
• 规培guī péi(of a medical graduate) to undertake standardized training…
• 安培表ān péi biǎoammeter
• 安培计ān péi jìammeter
• 水培法shuǐ péi fǎhydroponics
• 安培小时ān péi xiǎo shíampere-hour (Ah)
• 定向培育dìng xiàng péi yùdirected breeding
• 通识培训tōng shí péi xùngeneral culture
• 森林培育sēn lín péi yùforestry; silviculture
• 组织培养zǔ zhī péi yǎngtissue culture, esp. plant tissue culture
• 微安培wēi ān péimicroampere
• 恩培多克勒Ēn péi duō kè lēiEmpedocles (490-430 BC), Greek Sicilian pre-Socratic philosopher
• 阿旺曲培Ā wàng Qū péiNgawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar…
• 戈培尔Gē péi ěrJoseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi leader and politician
• 驾培jià péidriver training (abbr. for 驾驶培训
• 细胞培养xì bāo péi yǎngcell culture
• 细胞培养器xì bāo péi yǎng qìcell cultivator
• 洪博培Hóng Bó péiJon Huntsman, Jr. (1960-), US politician, Governor of Utah 2005-2009, Ambassador to China…
• 奈培nài péineper (unit of ratio, Np)

Characters built on 咅

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

• 赔péito compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 焙bèito dry over a fire; to bake
• 碚bèi(used in place names)
• 醅pēiunstrained spirits
• 锫péiberkelium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 培

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

• 埔bùused in place names
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 裆dāngcrotch; seat of a pair of trousers
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia
• 皓hào(bound form) bright; luminous; white…
• 蛞kuòused in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓

Sounds the same

Read péi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陪to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 赔to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 裴(of a garment) long and flowing
• 锫berkelium (chemistry)