Dictionary › 憋
憋
biē
憋 (biē) means "to choke; to stifle; to restrain". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.
What 憋 means
- to choke
- to stifle
- to restrain
- to hold back
- to hold in (urine)
- to hold (one's breath)
Words starting with 憋
- 憋闷biē mento feel oppressed; to be depressed; to feel dejected
- 憋气biē qìto hold one's breath; to feel suffocated (for lack of air)…
- 憋尿biē niàoto hold in one's pee; to hold back from urinating
- 憋屈biē qūsullen
- 憋笑biē xiàoto stifle a guffaw
- 憋不住biē bu zhùto be unable to repress sth; to be unable to contain oneself
Words containing 憋
Characters built on 敝
These share the phonetic component 敝 (bì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 撇piēto cast away; to fling aside
- 瞥piēto shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
- 蹩biéto limp; to sprain (an ankle or wrist); to move carefully, as if evading a danger
- 鳖biēsoftshell turtle
Characters that look like 憋
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…
- 镖biāodart-like throwing weapon; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
- 憩qìto rest
- 憨hānsilly; simple-minded; foolish
- 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel
- 獒áo(bound form) mastiff
Sounds the same
Read biē, tone for tone, but written differently.
Where 憋 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · biǎo–bō (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read biē correctly.
- Look up another word in the free dictionary.
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