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毙

bì

Character Traditional 斃

What 毙 means

1. to die
2. to shoot dead
3. to reject
4. to fall forward
5. (suffix) to death

Other readings

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

• bìto collapse; variant of {毙|bì}; variant of {獙|bì}

Example sentences

• 我要枪毙了他。
  Wǒ yào qiāngbì le tā.
  I need to kill him with a gun.
• 多行不义必自毙。
  Duōxíngbùyìbìzìbì.
  Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
• 汤姆把他的狗给毙了，他还误以为那是只狼。
  Tom shot his own dog, thinking it was a wolf.

Words starting with 毙

• 毙命bì mìngto meet violent death; to get killed

Words containing 毙

• 枪毙qiāng bìto execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard
• 击毙jī bìto kill; to shoot dead
• 倒毙dǎo bìto fall dead
• 勒毙lēi bìto strangle or throttle to death
• 待毙dài bìto await death; to be a sitting duck
• 暴毙bào bìto die suddenly
• 酷毙kù bì(slang) awesome; cool; righteous
• 坐以待毙zuò yǐ dài bìto sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
• 束手就毙shù shǒu jiù bìhands tied and expecting the worst
• 束手待毙shù shǒu dài bìto wait helplessly for death (idiom); to resign oneself to extinction
• 瘐毙yǔ bìto die of hunger or disease (of a prisoner)
• 多行不义必自毙duō xíng bù yì bì zì bìpersisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)

Characters that look like 毙

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

• 浆jiāngthick liquid; to starch
• 炭tànwood charcoal; coal
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 晟shèngbrightness of sun; splendor; also pr. chéng
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋

Sounds the same

Read bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 必certainly; must; will
• 毕the whole of; to finish; to complete
• 避to avoid; to shun; to flee
• 闭to close; to stop up; to shut
• 币money; coins; currency
• 壁wall; rampart
• 庇to protect; cover; shelter
• 臂arm
• 蔽to cover; to shield; to screen
• 弊detriment; fraud; harm
• 痹paralysis; numbness
• 碧green jade; bluish green; blue