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憋

biē

HSK 6 Character

What 憋 means

1. to choke
2. to stifle
3. to restrain
4. to hold back
5. to hold in (urine)
6. 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

• 活人让尿憋死huó rén ràng niào biē sǐlit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom)…

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.

• 鳖softshell turtle