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裴

péi

Character

What 裴 means

1. (of a garment) long and flowing

Other readings

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

• Péisurname Pei
• péivariant of {裴|péi}

Example sentences

• 我向他道贺；也向裴林州长道贺，为他们所成就的一切。我迫不及待想和他们携手合作，在未来数月更新这个国家的许诺。
  Wǒ xiàng tā dàohè; yě xiàng péi Línzhōu cháng dàohè, wèi tāmen suǒ chéngjiù de yīqiè. wǒ pòbùjídài xiǎng hé tāmen xiéshǒu hézuò, zài wèilái shùyuè gēngxīn zhège guójiā de xǔnuò.
  I congratulate him, I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

Words starting with 裴

• 裴回péi huísee 徘徊

Characters built on 非

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

• 菲fēiluxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
• 啡fēi(used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
• 悲bēisad; sadness; sorrow
• 斐fěiphonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
• 辈bèilifetime; generation; group of people
• 诽fěislander
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect

Characters that look like 裴

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

• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid
• 慧huìintelligent
• 蜜mìhoney
• 髦máobang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 箴zhēnto warn; to admonish; variant of 针

Sounds the same

Read péi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陪to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 培to bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
• 赔to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 锫berkelium (chemistry)