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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pī | pi1
English translation
to ascertain
to act on
to criticize
to pass on
classifier for batches, lots, military flights
tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
comment, criticism; batch, lot; wholesale

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

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hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌比

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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duì 那个 nà ge liū bīng 冠军 guànjūn de 批评 pīpíng shì chī 不到 bù dào 葡萄 pútao shuì 葡萄 pútao suān .

His remarks about the skating champion are sour grapes.

为什么 wèishénme Shàn tiāo zhè jiàn shì 批评 pīpíng ya ?

Why have you singled out this incident for criticism?

zài tān suō 过程 guòchéng Zhōng , àn yún 碎裂 suì liè wéi 稠密 chóumì de tuán kuài .

During collapse, the dark cloud " fragments " into a series of dense clumps.

měi 边上 dōu yǒu 批注 pī zhù .

There are notes in the margin on every page.

我们 wǒmen jiāng sōu chuán 运送 yùn sòng 这批货物 huò wù .

We will charter a steamer to convey the goods.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to act on
批准 pīzhǔn to approve批准 pīzhǔn
批评 pīpíng to criticize批評
审批 shěn pī to endorse審批
批判 pīpàn to criticize批判 pīpàn
大批 dà pī large quantities of大批 dà pī
批发 pīfā wholesale批發
批量 pī liàng batch批量 pī liàng
批评家 pī píng jiā critic批評家
批发商 pī fā shāng distributor批發商
批示 pī shì written comments from a superior批示 pī shì
批复 pī fù to reply officially to a subordinate批復
分批 fēn pī to do sth in batches or groups分批 fēn pī
自我批评 zì wǒ pī píng self-criticism自我批評
批号 pī hào lot number批號
批文 pī wén official approval in writing批文 pī wén
报批 bào pī to report for criticism報批
批发价 pī fā jià wholesale price批發價
批斗 pī dòu to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)批鬥
横批 héng pī horizontal scroll (for inscription)橫批
批注 pī zhù to annotate批註
批捕 pī bǔ to authorize an arrest批捕 pī bǔ
批改 pī gǎi to check批改 pī gǎi
揭批 jiē pī to expose and criticize揭批 jiē pī
批驳 pī bó to criticize批駁

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Decomposition

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