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裨

bì

Character

What 裨 means

1. to benefit
2. to aid
3. advantageous
4. profitable

Other readings

裨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• písubordinate; secondary; small
• Písurname Pi

Words starting with 裨

• 裨益bì yìbenefit; advantage; profit
• 裨补bì bǔto remedy; to make up for; benefit

Words containing 裨

• 大有裨益dà yǒu bì yìbringing great benefits (idiom); very useful; of great service; to help greatly

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
• 脾píspleen
• 俾bǐto cause; to enable; phonetic bi
• 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 裨

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
• 碑bēia monument; an upright stone tablet; stele
• 摔shuāito throw down; to fall; to drop and break
• 禅chándhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
• 搀chānto take by the arm and assist; variant of 掺
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant

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