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批
pī
批 (pī) means "batch; group (measure word)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.
What 批 means
- to ascertain
- to act on
- to criticize
- to pass on
- classifier for batches, lots, military flights
- tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
How 批 is used in grammar
批 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
- Demonstratives & Measure Words (HSK 5)
The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, measure words (名量词).
Example sentences
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请尽量批评。Please criticise as much as possible.
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他被批准早退。Tā bèi pīzhǔn zǎotuì.He was granted permission to leave early.
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你总是批评我！You're always criticizing me!
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我在等待批准。I am waiting for approval.
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他被严历批评。He was harshly criticized.
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汤姆在批卷子。Tom is correcting exam papers.
Words starting with 批
- 批评pī píngto criticize; criticism
- 批准pī zhǔnto approve; to ratify
- 批判pī pànto criticize; critique
- 批发pī fāwholesale; bulk trade; distribution
- 批斗pī dòuto drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them…
- 批示pī shìto write comments on a report submitted by a subordinate; written comments from a superior
- 批量pī liàngbatch; lot
- 批改pī gǎito mark (homework, exam scripts etc); to correct and criticize (an article); to check
- 批评家pī píng jiācritic
- 批复pī fùto issue an official written reply (in response to a subordinate's report or request)
- 批发商pī fā shānga wholesale business; distributor
- 批文pī wénofficial written ruling in response to a submission; official approval in writing
- 批语pī yǔcriticism; commentary
- 批注pī zhùto annotate; to add marginal comments on; criticism
- 批发价pī fā jiàwholesale price
- 批驳pī bóto criticize; to refute
- 批阅pī yuèto read through to evaluate; to referee
- 批件pī jiànapproved document; document with written instructions
- 批价pī jiàwholesale price; to settle an account; to pay a bill
- 批命pī mìngto tell sb's fortune
- 批萨pī sà(loanword) pizza
- 批号pī hàolot number; batch number
- 批转pī zhuǎnto approve and forward; to endorse; stamp "approved for distribution"
- 批办pī bànto approve and carry out; to issue approval
Words containing 批
- 大批dà pīlarge quantities of
- 审批shěn pīto examine and approve; to endorse
- 分批fēn pīto do sth in batches or groups
- 自我批评zì wǒ pī píngself-criticism
- 横批héng pīhorizontal scroll (for inscription)
- 报批bào pīto report for criticism; to submit for approval to higher authority
- 成批chéng pīin batches; in bulk
- 特批tè pīto give special approval
- 获批huò pīto be approved
- 首批shǒu pīfirst batch
- 反批评fǎn pī píngcountercriticism
- 大批特批dà pī tè pīto criticize severly; to censure
- 妈卖批mā mài pī(vulgar) your mom's a prostitute (from Sichuan pronunciation of 妈卖屄
- 斗批改dòu pī gǎistruggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
- 斗私批修dòu sī pī xiūfight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
- 痛批tòng pīto severely criticize
- 夹批jiā pīcritical annotations between the lines
- 严厉批评yán lì pī píngto criticize severely; to slate
- 揭批jiē pīto expose and criticize
- 御批yù pīimperial rescript; emperor's written instructions in response to a report
- 尖锐批评jiān ruì pī píngsharp criticism
- 眉批méi pīheadnotes; comments or footnotes at top of the page
- 挨批ái pīto be criticized; to suffer blame
- 趸批dǔn pīwholesale
Characters built on 比
These share the phonetic component 比 (bǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 毕bìthe whole of; to finish; to complete
- 屁pìfart; flatulence; nonsense
- 庇bìto protect; cover; shelter
- 毗píto adjoin; to border on
- 毙bìto die; to shoot dead; to reject
- 琵písee 琵琶, pipa lute
- 媲pìto match; to pair
- 蓖bìthe castor-oil plant
Characters that look like 批
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
- 担dānto undertake; to carry; to shoulder
- 抗kàngto resist; to fight; to defy
- 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
- 枫fēngmaple (genus Acer)
- 纰pīerror; carelessness; spoiled silk
Sounds the same
Read pī, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 披to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
- 劈to hack; to chop; to split open
- 噼child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese); (onomatopoeia) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
- 坯blank (e.g. for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product
- 丕grand
- 霹used in 霹雳
- 砒arsenic
- 纰error; carelessness; spoiled silk
- 伾multitudinous; powerful
- 狉puppy badger
- 秠(millet)
- 錍flat arrow-head; plow blade; also pr. pí
Where 批 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Approval, Permission & Regulation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 5 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 pī correctly.
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