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毗

pí

Character

What 毗 means

1. to adjoin
2. to border on

Other readings

毗 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• pívariant of {毗|pí}

Example sentences

• 德国毗邻荷兰。
  Déguó pílín Hélán.
  Germany adjoins the Netherlands.
• 体育场毗邻学校。
  The stadium is adjacent to the school.
• 加拿大毗邻阿拉斯加州。
  Jiānádà pílín ālāsījiāzhōu.
  Canada borders Alaska.

Words starting with 毗

• 毗邻pí línbordering; adjacent to
• 毗连pí liánto adjoin
• 毗湿奴Pí shī núVishnu (Hindu deity)
• 毗耶娑Pí yē suōVyasa, Indian sage and scribe, supposed author of epic 摩诃婆罗多

Words containing 毗

• 蓝毗尼Lán pí níLumbini, Nepal, birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama 释迦牟尼
• 达罗毗荼Dá luó pí túDravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)

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.

• 批pīto ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 毕bìthe whole of; to finish; to complete
• 屁pìfart; flatulence; nonsense
• 庇bìto protect; cover; shelter
• 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 毗

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

• 桃táopeach
• 蚂māused in 蚂螂
• 衄nǜto bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc); fig. to be defeated
• 蚝háooyster
• 砒pīarsenic
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone

Sounds the same

Read pí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 皮skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 啤beer
• 脾spleen
• 疲weary
• 陂used in 黄陂
• 铍beryllium (chemistry)
• 蜱tick (zoology)
• 陴parapet
• 芘Malva sylvestris
• 郫place name
• 枇used in 枇杷
• 狓used in 㺢㹢狓