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辟

pì

HSK 6 Character

What 辟 means

1. penal law
2. variant of {辟|pì}

Other readings

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

• pìto open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate
• bìking; monarch; (of a sovereign) to summon to official service; to avoid (variant of {避|bì}

Example sentences

• 开辟新天地。
  Break new ground.

Words starting with 辟

• 辟谣pì yáoto refute a rumor; to deny
• 辟谷bì gǔ(Taoism) to abstain from eating cereals; to fast; also pr. pì gǔ
• 辟邪bì xiéto ward off evil spirits; mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅
• 辟室pì shìlit. to open a room; fig. to settle in a quiet room; behind closed doors
• 辟建pì jiàn(Taiwan) to construct (on undeveloped land)
• 辟室密谈pì shì mì tánto discuss behind closed doors
• 辟雍Bì yōngcentral of the five Zhou dynasty royal academies
• 辟雍砚pì yōng yànink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface

Words containing 辟

• 开辟kāi pìto open up; to create; to establish
• 精辟jīng pìclear and penetrating (e.g. analysis); incisive; insightful
• 复辟fù bìto recover one's power or authority; restoration (of a past regime)
• 大辟dà pì(literary) death sentence; decapitation
• 警辟jǐng pìprofound, thorough and moving
• 透辟tòu pìpenetrating; incisive
• 开辟者kāi pì zhěpioneer; groundbreaker
• 张勋复辟Zhāng Xūn Fù bìManchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by General Zhang Xun 张勋
• 开天辟地kāi tiān pì dì(lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盘古…
• 鞭辟入里biān pì rù lǐpenetrated; trenchant; incisive
• 攘辟rǎng bìto stand off; to make way
• 另辟蹊径lìng pì xī jìngto take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach
• 独辟蹊径dú pì xī jìngto blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
• 丁巳复辟Dīng sì Fù bìsee 张勋复辟

Characters built on 尸

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

• 尼níBuddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 尺chǐa Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler
• 屁pìfart; flatulence; nonsense
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 屄bīcunt (vulgar)
• 屉tìdrawer; tier; tray
• 巳sì6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 屐jīclogs

Characters that look like 辟

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

• 游yóuto swim; variant of 游
• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 摔shuāito throw down; to fall; to drop and break
• 碲dìtellurium (chemistry)
• 肆sìfour (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton

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
• 譬to give an example
• 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)