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璧

bì

Character

What 璧 means

1. jade annulus

Words starting with 璧

• 璧玉bì yùjade disk with a hole in the center
• 璧谢bì xièdecline (a gift) with thanks
• 璧还bì huánreturn (a borrowed object) with thanks; decline (a gift) with thanks
• 璧山区Bì shān QūBishan, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 璧山Bì shānsee 璧山区

Words containing 璧

• 连璧lián bìto join jade annuli; fig. to combine two good things
• 合璧hé bìto match harmoniously
• 完璧wán bìflawless piece of jade; (fig.) perfect person or thing; virgin
• 拱璧gǒng bìa flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center; fig. a treasure
• 红璧玺hóng bì xǐtopaz
• 灵璧县Líng bì XiànLingbi, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市
• 中西合璧Zhōng Xī hé bìharmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
• 完璧之身wán bì zhī shēnundefiled (girl); virgin; (of computer system) clean
• 完璧归赵wán bì guī Zhàolit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its…
• 怀璧其罪huái bì qí zuìlit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom)…
• 珠流璧转zhū liú bì zhuǎnlit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time; water under the bridge
• 珠联璧合zhū lián bì héstring of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination; perfect pair
• 白璧微瑕bái bì wēi xiáa slight blemish
• 白璧无瑕bái bì wú xiáimpeccable moral integrity
• 灵璧Líng bìsee 灵璧县

Characters built on 辟

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

• 避bìto avoid; to shun; to flee
• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 臂bìarm
• 譬pìto give an example
• 癖pǐhabit; hobby
• 僻pì(bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center
• 劈pīto hack; to chop; to split open
• 霹pīused in 霹雳

Characters that look like 璧

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

• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 檬méngused in 柠檬
• 蟹xiècrab
• 蹙cùto knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate
• 镫dèngstirrup
• 翳yìfeather screen; to screen; to shade

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