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霹

pī

Character

What 霹 means

1. used in {霹雳|pī lì} and {霹雷|pī léi}

Example sentences

• 晴天霹雳。
  Qíngtiānpīlì.
  It was like a bolt out of the blue.
• 你为什么要唤我起来，告诉我如此晴天霹雳的消息? 现在你教我如何认真工作?
  Nǐ wèishénme yào huàn wǒ qǐlai, gàosu wǒ rúcǐ qíngtiānpīlì de xiāoxi? xiànzài nǐ jiāo wǒ rúhé rènzhēn gōngzuò?
  Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!
• 你为什幺要唤我起来，告诉我如此晴天霹雳的消息? 现在你教我如何认真工作?
  Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!

Words starting with 霹

• 霹雳pī lìthunderclap; (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying
• 霹雷pī léithunderbolt
• 霹雳舞pī lì wǔto breakdance; breakdancing
• 霹雳啪啦pī lì pā lāsee 噼里啪啦

Words containing 霹

• 晴天霹雳qíng tiān pī lìlit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue
• 列缺霹雳liè quē pī lìlightning and thunder
• 青天霹雳qīng tiān pī lì(lit.) thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); (fig.) a bolt from the blue

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
• 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
• 璧bìjade annulus

Characters that look like 霹

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

• 露lùdew; syrup; nectar
• 籍jí(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 霸bàhegemon; tyrant; lord
• 馨xīnfragrant
• 蘸zhànto dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 霾máihaze

Sounds the same

Read pī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 批to ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 披to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 劈to hack; to chop; to split open
• 噼child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese); (onomatopoeia) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
• 坯blank (e.g. for a coin); unburnt earthenware; semifinished product
• 丕grand
• 砒arsenic
• 纰error; carelessness; spoiled silk
• 伾multitudinous; powerful
• 狉puppy badger
• 秠(millet)
• 錍flat arrow-head; plow blade; also pr. pí