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脾

pí

HSK 4 Character

What 脾 means

1. spleen

Example sentences

• 她脾气有点坏。
  She has a bit of a bad temper.
• 他向我大发脾气。
  Tā xiàng wǒ Dàfā píqi.
  He entirely lost his temper with me.
• 他很容易发脾气。
  Tā hěn róngyì fāpíqì.
  He loses his temper quite easily.
• 燕妮要发脾气了。
  Yanni was losing his temper.
• 玛丽很容易发脾气。
  Mary loses her temper easily.
• 他是个好脾气的人。
  He is an agreeable person.

Words starting with 脾

• 脾气pí qicharacter; temperament; disposition; bad temper
• 脾胃pí wèispleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences…
• 脾性pí xìngtemperament; disposition
• 脾脏pí zàngspleen
• 脾虚pí xūdepletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)

Words containing 脾

• 发脾气fā pí qìto lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum
• 沁人心脾qìn rén xīn pí(lit.) to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom); (fig.) to gladden the heart…
• 坏脾气huài pí qìbad temper
• 牛脾气niú pí qibullheadedness; stubborn
• 耍脾气shuǎ pí qìto go into a huff
• 闹脾气nào pí qito get angry
• 不伤脾胃bù shāng pí wèilit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach; fig. something that is not critical
• 沁入心脾qìn rù xīn písee 沁人心脾

Characters built on 卑

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

• 啤píbeer
• 俾bǐto cause; to enable; phonetic bi
• 裨bìto benefit; to aid; advantageous
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 蜱pítick (zoology)
• 睥pìused in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì
• 陴píparapet
• 郫píplace name

Characters that look like 脾

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

• 牌páisignboard; plaque; plate; tablet; brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card
• 脖bóneck
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 湃pàiused in 澎湃
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant
• 睥pìused in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì

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
• 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
• 狓used in 㺢㹢狓