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弊

bì

HSK 6 Character

What 弊 means

1. detriment
2. fraud
3. harm
4. defeat

Example sentences

• 你作弊了。
  You cheated.
• 这本书弊大于利。
  This book will do more harm than good.
• 玩牌作弊是错误的。
  Wánpái zuòbì shì cuòwù de.
  It is wrong to cheat at cards.
• 他在生物学考试时作弊。
  Tā zài shēngwùxué kǎoshì shí zuòbì.
  He cheated on the biology exam.
• 他在考试中作弊时被抓到了。
  Tā zài kǎoshì zhōng zuòbì shí bèi zhuā dào le.
  He was caught cheating in the exam.
• 在我看来，汽车是弊大于利。
  From my point of view, cars do more harm than good.

Words starting with 弊

• 弊端bì duānsystemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
• 弊病bì bìngmalady; evil; malpractice
• 弊案bì ànscandal

Words containing 弊

• 作弊zuò bìto practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices
• 利弊lì bìpros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages
• 舞弊wǔ bìto engage in fraud
• 宿弊sù bìlong-standing abuse; continuing fraud
• 时弊shí bìills of the day; contemporary problems
• 流弊liú bìmalpractice; long-running abuse
• 私弊sī bìfraudulent practice
• 积弊jī bìage-old (malpractice); long established (corrupt practices); deeply rooted (superstition)
• 防弊fáng bìanti-fraud; anti-cheating; preventing wrongdoing
• 切中时弊qiè zhòng shí bìto hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target…
• 有利有弊yǒu lì yǒu bìto have both advantages and disadvantages
• 权衡利弊quán héng lì bìto weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
• 兴利除弊xīng lì chú bìto promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)
• 补偏救弊bǔ piān jiù bìto remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
• 徇私舞弊xùn sī wǔ bì(idiom) to abuse one's position for personal gain
• 蠹弊dù bìmalpractice; abuse; corrupt practice
• 痛砭时弊tòng biān shí bìto strongly criticize the evils of the day
• 百弊丛生bǎi bì cóng shēngAll the ill effects appear. (idiom)
• 有百利而无一弊yǒu bǎi lì ér wú yī bìto have many advantages and no disadvantages
• 雕弊diāo bìvariant of 凋敝
• 营私舞弊yíng sī wǔ bìsee 徇私舞弊

Characters that look like 弊

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

• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split
• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 熙xī(used in names); (bound form; literary) bright; prosperous
• 夥huǒ(literary) many; numerous
• 憋biēto choke; to stifle; to restrain

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
• 壁wall; rampart
• 庇to protect; cover; shelter
• 臂arm
• 蔽to cover; to shield; to screen
• 痹paralysis; numbness
• 碧green jade; bluish green; blue
• 璧jade annulus