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臂

bì

HSK 6 Character

What 臂 means

1. arm

Example sentences

• 我的手臂断了。
  I broke my arm.
• 你的手臂疼吗？
  Does your arm hurt?
• 举起你的右臂。
  Lift your right arm.
• 他的手臂很有力。
  Tā de shǒubì hěn yǒulì.
  He has powerful arms.
• 他伸直了他的手臂。
  Tā shēnzhí le tā de shǒubì.
  He stretched his arm.
• 他抓住了我的手臂。
  He caught me by the arm.

Words starting with 臂

• 臂膀bì bǎngarm
• 臂弯bì wāncrook of the arm
• 臂力bì lìarm strength
• 臂展bì zhǎnarm span
• 臂章bì zhāngarmband; armlet; shoulder emblem
• 臂力棒bì lì bàngpower twister (fitness equipment)
• 臂纱bì shāarmband
• 臂膊bì bóarm

Words containing 臂

• 手臂shǒu bìarm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
• 双臂shuāng bìarms; both arms; two arms
• 胳臂gē beiarm; also pr. gē bì
• 失之交臂shī zhī jiāo bìto miss narrowly; to let a great opportunity slip
• 上臂shàng bìupper arm
• 交臂jiāo bìlinking arms; arm in arm; very close
• 前臂qián bìforearm
• 力臂lì bìlever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)
• 唱臂chàng bìtone-arm (tracking arm of gramophone)
• 悬臂xuán bìcantilever
• 抱臂bào bìto cross one's arms
• 摇臂yáo bìrocker arm
• 旋臂xuán bìspiral arm
• 独臂dú bìone-armed
• 花臂huā bìtattoo-covered arm; tattoo sleeve
• 重臂zhòng bìactuator (arm of a lever); lever; actuating arm
• 人马臂rén mǎ bìSagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy)
• 机械臂jī xiè bìrobotic arm
• 猎户臂liè hù bìOrion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system)
• 红臂章hóng bì zhāng(southern dialects) red armband
• 转矩臂zhuàn jǔ bìtorque arm
• 交臂失之jiāo bì shī zhīto miss sb by a narrow chance; to miss an opportunity
• 如臂使指rú bì shǐ zhǐas the arm moves the finger (idiom); freely and effortlessly; to have perfect command of
• 双臂抱胸shuāng bì bào xiōngwith arms crossed

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
• 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
• 璧bìjade annulus

Characters that look like 臂

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

• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 臀túnbuttocks; hips; rump
• 瞥piēto shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
• 擘bòthumb; to break; to tear
• 璧bìjade annulus
• 髻jìhair rolled up in a bun, topknot

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
• 蔽to cover; to shield; to screen
• 弊detriment; fraud; harm
• 痹paralysis; numbness
• 碧green jade; bluish green; blue
• 璧jade annulus