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péi

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péi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
péi | pei2
English translation
to cultivate
to earth up
to cultivate, to farm; to shore up

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About péi

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

péi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of péi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土咅

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

pǒu

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using péi

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shì Cóng 零开始培养 péiyǎng 起来 qǐlai , Cóng 阴沟 jiǎn 起来 qǐlai de .

" I raised him up out of nothing , right out of the gutter.

zhè 玫瑰 méi guī Xīn 品种 pǐnzhǒng shì yóu 一种 yī zhǒng hěn lǎo de 品种 pǐnzhǒng 培育 péiyù 而成 de .

This new rose is a development from a very old kind of rose.

培根 péi gēn Xiàng 国王 guówáng chéng le fèn 奏章.

Bacon dedicated to the King a paper.

měi miàn dōu yāo 烘培 dào ,然后 ránhòu fàng 铝箔 lǚ bó .

You bake it on both sides and place it in aluminum foil.

培根 péi gēn 奶酪 nǎi lào 汉堡 Hàn bǎo yǐn 起来 qǐlai hěn chán rén .

The bacon cheeseburger sounds mouth - watering.

Words with péi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
培养 péiyǎng to cultivate培養
培训 péixùn to cultivate培訓
培育 péiyù to train培育 péiyù
péi to bank up with earth péi
培根 péi gēn bacon (loanword)培根 péi gēn
培训班 péi xùn bān training class培訓班
栽培 zāipéi to grow栽培 zāipéi
戈培尔 Gē péi ěr Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi leader and politician戈培爾
培养皿 péi yǎng mǐn Petri dish培養皿
培植 péi zhí to cultivate培植 péi zhí
安培 ān péi ampere (loanword)安培 ān péi
培养基 péi yǎng jī culture medium培養基
培养液 péi yǎng yè culture fluid (in biological lab.)培養液
堪培拉 Kān péi lā Canberra, capital of Australia堪培拉 Kān péi lā

péi Decomposition & Compounds

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péi Decomposition

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