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譬

pì

HSK 6 Character

What 譬 means

1. to give an example

Example sentences

• 你有出国过吗？譬如说，美国？
  Nǐ yǒu chūguó guo ma? pìrú shuō, Měiguó?
  Have you visited foreign countries, say America?

Words starting with 譬

• 譬如pì rúfor example; for instance; such as
• 譬如说pì rú shuōfor example
• 譬喻pì yùanalogy; metaphor; simile

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
• 臂bìarm
• 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 譬

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

• 警jǐngto alert; to warn; police
• 馨xīnfragrant
• 孽nièson born of a concubine; disaster; sin
• 蟹xiècrab
• 鳖biēsoftshell turtle
• 颦pínto scowl; to knit the brows

Sounds the same

Read pì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 屁fart; flatulence; nonsense
• 僻(bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center
• 辟penal law; variant of 辟
• 媲to match; to pair
• 睥used in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì
• 潎rippling; pour
• 澼bleach; to clean
• 甓glazed tile
• 䴙used in 䴙䴘
• 髲a wig
• 淠luxuriant (of water plants)