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砒

pī

Character

What 砒 means

1. arsenic

Example sentences

• 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜。
  Jiǎ zhī mì táng, yǐ zhī pīshuāng.
  One man's meat is another man's poison.

Words starting with 砒

• 砒霜pī shuāngwhite arsenic; arsenic trioxide As2O3

Words containing 砒

• 白砒bái pīwhite arsenic; arsenic trioxide
• 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāngone man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)

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
• 琵písee 琵琶, pipa lute
• 媲pìto match; to pair

Characters that look like 砒

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

• 础chǔfoundation; base
• 毗píto adjoin; to border on
• 坻chíislet; rock in river
• 砝fǎused in 砝码
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone
• 砜fēngsulfone

Sounds the same

Read pī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 批to ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 披to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 劈to hack; to chop; to split open
• 噼child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese); (onomatopoeia) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
• 坯blank (e.g. for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product
• 丕grand
• 霹used in 霹雳
• 纰error; carelessness; spoiled silk
• 伾multitudinous; powerful
• 狉puppy badger
• 秠(millet)
• 錍flat arrow-head; plow blade; also pr. pí