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琵

pí

Character

What 琵 means

1. see 琵琶, pipa lute

Example sentences

• 琵琶湖是日本最大的湖。
  Pípá Hú shì Rìběn zuì dà de hú.
  Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan.
• 最早的琵琶大约在秦朝时期发明的。
  Zuì zǎo de pípa dàyuē zài Qíncháo shíqī fāmíng de.
  The first lute was invented during the Qin dynasty.
• 美国自然历史博物馆的「光之生物」展览展出了发绿色光的水母、额头上提着灯笼的琵琶鱼，以及在洞穴顶棚上悬挂粘液状细丝，用来诱捕猎物的萤火虫。
  The American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light” exhibit features jellyfish that glow green, anglerfish whose lantern-like bulbs dangle from their foreheads and luminous glowworms that hang mucus-like strands from cave ceilings to attract and ensnare their prey.

Words starting with 琵

• 琵琶pí papipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
• 琵嘴鸭pí zuǐ yā(bird species of China) northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
• 琵琶行Pí pa XíngSong of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易
• 琵琶骨pí pa gǔ(old) scapula
• 琵琶鱼pí pa yúanglerfish
• 琵鹭pí lùspoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)

Words containing 琵

• 洋琵琶yáng pí pámandolin
• 白琵鹭bái pí lù(bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
• 黑脸琵鹭hēi liǎn pí lù(bird species of China) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)

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
• 毗píto adjoin; to border on
• 毙bìto die; to shoot dead; to reject
• 媲pìto match; to pair
• 蓖bìthe castor-oil plant

Characters that look like 琵

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

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 鼠shǔ(bound form) rat; mouse
• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 琶pásee 琵琶, pipa lute
• 雹báohail

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
• 毗to adjoin; to border on
• 陂used in 黄陂
• 铍beryllium (chemistry)
• 蜱tick (zoology)
• 陴parapet
• 芘Malva sylvestris
• 郫place name
• 枇used in 枇杷