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碑

bēi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Measure word 块、面

碑 (bēi) means "a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 碑 means

1. a monument
2. an upright stone tablet
3. stele

Example sentences

• 登月是一项里程碑式的成就。
  Dēngyuè shì yī xiàng lǐchéngbēi shì de chéngjiù.
  The moon landing was a monumental achievement.
• 这次任务充满了里程碑：这将是韩国女性首次进入太空轨道，也是代表韩国的蒜味辣白菜——「泡菜」，第一次出现在零重力餐桌上。
  The mission is full of landmarks: it will be the first time a South Korean woman has headed into orbit, and it will also be the first time that "kimchi"—that spicy, garlicky cabbage dish that epitomizes South Korea—will be served at the zero-gravity dinner table.

Words starting with 碑

• 碑文bēi wéninscription on a tablet
• 碑林Bēi línForest of Steles (museum in Xi'an); Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市
• 碑刻bēi kèinscription on stone tablet
• 碑座bēi zuòpedestal for stone tablet
• 碑石bēi shístele; vertical stone tablet for carved inscriptions
• 碑记bēi jìa record of events inscribed on a tablet
• 碑志bēi zhìhistorical record inscribed on tablet
• 碑铭bēi mínginscription on stone tablet
• 碑额bēi éthe top part of a tablet
• 碑林区Bēi lín QūBeilin, a district of Xi'an City 西安市
• 碑帖bēi tièa rubbing from a stone inscription
• 碑亭bēi tíngpavilion housing a stele
• 碑碣bēi jiéstone tablet (with inscription)
• 碑座儿bēi zuò rerhua variant of 碑座
• 碑珓bēi jiàovariant of 杯珓

Words containing 碑

• 里程碑lǐ chéng bēimilestone
• 纪念碑jì niàn bēimonument
• 墓碑mù bēigravestone; tombstone
• 石碑shí bēistele; stone tablet (for inscription)
• 口碑kǒu bēipublic praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions
• 丰碑fēng bēilarge inscribed stele; fig. great achievement; imperishable masterpiece
• 有口皆碑yǒu kǒu jiē bēievery voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
• 界碑jiè bēitablet marking the boundary between two regions, districts etc
• 白碑bái bēistone tablet without inscription; blank stele
• 方尖碑fāng jiān bēiobelisk
• 无字碑wú zì bēistone tablet without inscription; blank stele
• 口碑流传kǒu bēi liú chuánwidely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
• 口碑载道kǒu bēi zài dàolit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere; universal approbation
• 树碑立传shù bēi lì zhuànlit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom); to monumentalize; to glorify
• 高碑店市Gāo bēi diàn ShìGaobeidian, a county-level city in Baoding City 保定市
• 罗塞塔石碑Luó sài tǎ Shí bēiRosetta Stone
• 众口皆碑zhòng kǒu jiē bēito be praised by everyone
• 俗谚口碑sú yàn kǒu bēicommon sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
• 五人墓碑记Wǔ Rén Mù bēi jìFive Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 张溥
• 人民英雄纪念碑Rén mín Yīng xióng Jì niàn bēiMonument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square
• 高碑店Gāo bēi diànsee 高碑店市

Characters that look like 碑

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

• 碎suì(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 裨bìto benefit; to aid; advantageous
• 蜱pítick (zoology)
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant
• 肆sìfour (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton

Sounds the same

Read bēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 杯cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
• 悲sad; sadness; sorrow
• 卑low; base; vulgar
• 陂pool; pond; bank of a pond
• 背to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
• 鹎the Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds
• 椑Fagus sylvatica
• 㮎variant of 杯

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bēi correctly.
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