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壁

bì

HSK 5 Character

What 壁 means

1. wall
2. rampart

Example sentences

• 我讨厌壁虱！
  Wǒ tǎoyàn bì shī!
  I hate ticks!
• 她住在他的隔壁。
  Tā zhù zài tā de gébì.
  She lives next door to him.
• 他打了墙壁一拳。
  Tā dǎ le qiángbì yī quán.
  He hit the wall with his fist.
• 他住在我们隔壁。
  He lives next door to us.
• 时钟在壁炉的上方。
  Shízhōng zài bìlú de shàng fāng.
  The clock is above the fireplace.
• 他们围在壁炉旁边。
  Tāmen wéi zài bìlú pángbiān.
  They gathered about the fireplace.

Words starting with 壁

• 壁画bì huàmural (painting); fresco
• 壁炉bì lúfireplace
• 壁纸bì zhǐwallpaper
• 壁垒bì lěirampart; barrier
• 壁橱bì chúa built-in wardrobe or cupboard; closet
• 壁球bì qiúsquash (sport)
• 壁虎bì hǔgecko; house lizard
• 壁助bì zhùhelp; assistant
• 壁报bì bàowall newspaper
• 壁塞bì sāiwall plug; screw anchor
• 壁架bì jiàledge
• 壁灯bì dēngwall lamp; bracket light
• 壁立bì lì(of cliffs etc) stand like a wall; rise steeply
• 壁效应bì xiào yìngwall effect
• 壁网球bì wǎng qiújai alai (sports)
• 壁挂bì guàwall hanging
• 壁癌bì áipersistent mold on the wall; efflorescence
• 壁毯bì tǎntapestry (used as a wall hanging)
• 壁垒森严bì lěi sēn yánclosely guarded; strongly fortified; sharply divided
• 壁厢bì xiānglateral; side; to the side
• 壁咚bì dōng(slang) to kabedon; to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall…
• 壁虱bì shītick; bedbug
• 壁龛bì kānniche (in a wall)
• 壁垒一新bì lěi yī xīnto have one's defenses in good order (idiom)

Words containing 壁

• 隔壁gé bìnext door; neighbor
• 悬崖峭壁xuán yá qiào bì(idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
• 墙壁qiáng bìwall
• 戈壁Gē bìGobi (desert)
• 峭壁qiào bìcliff; steep; precipice
• 碰壁pèng bìto hit a wall; (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag…
• 戈壁滩Gē bì tānGobi desert
• 面壁miàn bìto face the wall; to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism)…
• 绝壁jué bìprecipice
• 影壁yǐng bì(traditional Chinese architecture) spirit wall – a screen wall placed inside or outside a…
• 赤壁Chì bìRed Cliffs, historic battlefield in Huangzhou District 黄州区; see 赤壁市
• 半壁江山bàn bì jiāng shānhalf of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)…
• 崖壁yá bìescarpment; precipice; cliff
• 侧壁cè bìside wall
• 坚壁jiān bìto cache; to hide supplies (from the enemy)
• 后壁Hòu bìHoubi, a district in Tainan 台南
• 板壁bǎn bìwooden partition
• 照壁zhào bìa screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy)
• 破壁pò bìdilapidated wall; to break through a wall; (fig.) to break through
• 间壁jiàn bìnext door; partition wall
• 障壁zhàng bìbarrier
• 体壁tǐ bìintegument (biology)
• 子宫壁zǐ gōng bìwall of the uterus
• 破壁机pò bì jīhigh-speed blender

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
• 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
• 璧bìjade annulus

Characters that look like 壁

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

• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 赞zàn(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞
• 劈pīto hack; to chop; to split open
• 樊fán(literary) fence
• 镫dèngstirrup
• 燮xièto blend; to adjust; to harmonize

Sounds the same

Read bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 必certainly; must; will
• 毕the whole of; to finish; to complete
• 避to avoid; to shun; to flee
• 闭to close; to stop up; to shut
• 币money; coins; currency
• 庇to protect; cover; shelter
• 臂arm
• 蔽to cover; to shield; to screen
• 弊detriment; fraud; harm
• 痹paralysis; numbness
• 碧green jade; bluish green; blue
• 璧jade annulus