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瞥

piē

Character

What 瞥 means

1. to shoot a glance
2. glance
3. to appear in a flash

Example sentences

• 他瞥了那个女孩一眼。
  Tā piē le nàge nǚhái yīyǎn.
  He took a glance at the girl.
• 他迅速瞥了一眼杂志。
  Tā xùnsù piē le yīyǎn zázhì.
  He took a quick look at the magazine.
• 汤姆瞥了墙上的表一眼。
  Tāngmǔ piē le qiáng shàng de biǎo yīyǎn.
  Tom glanced at the clock on the wall.
• 汤姆和玛丽向左瞥了一眼。
  Tom and Mary glanced to their left.
• 汤姆瞥了一眼就移开目光了。
  Tāngmǔ piē le yīyǎn jiù yíkāi mùguāng le.
  Tom glanced away.
• 我从火车车窗瞥见了富士山。
  I caught a glimpse of Mt. Fuji from the window of the train.

Words starting with 瞥

• 瞥见piē jiànto glimpse

Words containing 瞥

• 一瞥yī piēglance; glimpse

Characters built on 敝

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

• 撇piēto cast away; to fling aside
• 憋biēto choke; to stifle; to restrain
• 蹩biéto limp; to sprain (an ankle or wrist); to move carefully, as if evading a danger
• 鳖biēsoftshell turtle

Characters that look like 瞥

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

• 赞zàn(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞
• 繁fáncomplicated; many; in great numbers
• 臀túnbuttocks; hips; rump
• 磐pánfirm; stable; rock
• 螫shì(literary) (of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite
• 燮xièto blend; to adjust; to harmonize

Sounds the same

Read piē, tone for tone, but written differently.

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