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髀

bì

Character

What 髀 means

1. buttocks
2. thigh

Words containing 髀

• 拊髀fǔ bìto slap one's own buttocks in excitement or despair
• 搏髀bó bìto beat time by slapping one's thighs
• 周髀算经Zhōu bì suàn JīngZhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy…

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
• 裨bìto benefit; to aid; advantageous
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 蜱pítick (zoology)
• 睥pìused in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì
• 陴píparapet

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