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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pí | pi2
English translation
weary
weak, tired, exhausted

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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sickness

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

疒皮

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Jiào le tiān , 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié .

At the end of a day's teaching, her nerves were absolutely shattered.

zhè 男孩 nán hái 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié , yòu yòu , dǎo zài 海边 hǎi biān de 沙滩 shātān shǎng .

The boy, tired, hungry and thirsty, fell down on the beach.

由于 yóuyú jiǎng dào tài jiǔ ,感觉 gǎnjué 非常 fēicháng 疲劳 píláo .

He felt very tired, for he preached for a long time.

感到 gǎn dào 精疲力尽 jīng pí lì jìn 快要 kuài yào yūn 过去 guòqu le .

He felt as if he would faint from exhaustion.

搬运 bān yùn huí jiā de zhè Duàn 路程 lù chéng 特别 tèbié cháng ,到家时我们 wǒmen 筋疲力尽 jīn pí lì jìn .

It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
疲劳 píláo fatigue疲勞
疲惫 píbèi beaten疲憊
疲倦 píjuàn to tire疲倦 píjuàn
weary
精疲力尽 jīng pí lì jìn drained精疲力盡
筋疲力尽 jīn pí lì jìn spent筋疲力盡
疲软 pí ruǎn tired and feeble疲軟
精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié drained精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié
乐此不疲 lè cǐ bù pí to enjoy sth and never tire of it (idiom)樂此不疲
疲弱 pí ruò tired疲弱 pí ruò
疲乏 pí fá tired疲乏 pí fá
疲于奔命 pí yú bēn mìng up to one's ears in work疲於奔命
疲累 pí lèi tired疲累 pí lèi
疲沓 pí ta slack疲沓 pí ta
疲困 pí kùn fatigued疲困 pí kùn
疲塌 pí ta slack疲塌 pí ta

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