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披

pī

HSK 5 Character

What 披 means

1. to drape over one's shoulders
2. to open
3. to unroll
4. to split open
5. to spread out

Example sentences

• 披萨是谁的？
  Whose pizza is this?
• 把披萨分成三份。
  Divide the pizza in three.
• 我父亲很喜欢披萨。
  Wǒ fùqīn hěn xǐhuan pīsà.
  My father quite likes pizza.
• 请把披萨分成三份。
  Qǐng bǎ pīsà fēnchéng sān fèn.
  Please divide the pizza into three parts.
• 每朵云都披着银衣。
  Every cloud has a silver lining.
• 你最喜欢什幺披萨？
  What kind of pizza do you like best?

Words starting with 披

• 披露pī lùto reveal; to publish; to make public
• 披肩pī jiāncape; shawl; (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
• 披风pī fēngcloak; cape
• 披头散发pī tóu sàn fàwith dishevelled hair (idiom); with one's hair down
• 披挂pī guàto put on a suit of armor; to put on dress; to wear
• 披甲pī jiǎto don armor
• 披红pī hóngto drape sb in red silk as a sign of honor
• 披索pī suǒ(Taiwan; loanword) peso (monetary unit)
• 披萨pī sà(loanword) pizza
• 披览pī lǎnto pore over a book; to look and admire
• 披阅pī yuèto peruse; to browse
• 披头士Pī tóu shìthe Beatles (music band)
• 披星戴月pī xīng dài yuèto travel or work through night and day; to toil away for long hours
• 披巾pī jīnshawl
• 披垂pī chuí(of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover; to flow down
• 披沙拣金pī shā jiǎn jīn(lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom); (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff
• 披麻戴孝pī má dài xiàoto wear mourning clothes; to be in mourning; also written 披麻带孝
• 披荆斩棘pī jīng zhǎn jílit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)…
• 披肝沥胆pī gān lì dǎn(idiom) to be completely honest and sincere; to show wholehearted loyalty
• 披靡pī mǐto be swept by the wind; to be blown about by the wind; to be routed (in battle etc)
• 披头四乐团Pī tóu sì Yuè tuánthe Beatles
• 披星带月pī xīng dài yuèvariant of 披星戴月
• 披麻带孝pī má dài xiàovariant of 披麻戴孝

Words containing 披

• 所向披靡suǒ xiàng pī mǐ(idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible
• 雨披yǔ pīrain poncho; rain cape
• 纷披fēn pīscattered; mixed and disorganized
• 身披羽毛shēn pī yǔ máofeathered
• 重披战袍chóng pī zhàn páo(fig.) to re-enter the fray; to return to a field of activity after a period of absence
• 昭披耶河Zhāo pī yé HéChao Phraya River, the main river of Thailand
• 昭披耶帕康Zhāo pī yé Pà kāngChao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title…
• 猖披chāng pīdishevelled; wild; unrestrained
• 戴月披星dài yuè pī xīngsee 披星戴月
• 昌披chāng pīvariant of 猖披

Characters built on 皮

These share the phonetic component 皮 (pí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 疲píweary
• 铍píberyllium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 披

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

• 技jìskill
• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 玻bōsee 玻璃
• 拨bōto push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction

Sounds the same

Read pī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 批to ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 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