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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bì | bi4
English translation
wall
rampart
partition, wall; rampart

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

earth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辟土

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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老鼠 lǎoshǔ 总是 zǒngshì zài 墙壁 qiáng bì Zhōng luàn cuàn .

Mice are always scurrying about in the wall.

然后 ránhòu jiāng 直肠 zhí cháng de 粘膜 fēn 离开 líkāi .

Then the lining is separated from the rectum's muscular wall.

Hóng Shuǐ 十二 shí èr 英尺 yīng chǐ Gāo de Shuǐ yǒng lái .

The flood came in a wall of water twelve feet high.

翻腾 fān téng de yán xiè 到达 dàodá 相对 xiāngduì shùn Zhí de 河道 hé dào de 地段 dì duàn .

The churning debris reached a relatively straight - wall segment of the channel.

具体地说, xiāng shǎng de X必须 bìxū wéi líng .

In particular, X must be Zero on the wall of the Box.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
隔壁 gébì next door隔壁 gébì
wall
墙壁 qiáng bì wall牆壁
壁橱 bì chú closet壁櫥
壁炉 bì lú fireplace壁爐
壁画 bì huà fresco壁畫
壁垒 bì lěi rampart壁壘
壁纸 bì zhǐ wallpaper壁紙
壁虎 bì hǔ gecko壁虎 bì hǔ
峭壁 qiào bì cliff峭壁 qiào bì
赤壁 Chì bì Chibi county level city in Xianning 咸宁市 Xián níng shì , Hubei赤壁 Chì bì
戈壁 Gē bì Gobi (desert)戈壁 Gē bì
壁球 bì qiú squash (sport)壁球 bì qiú
碰壁 pèng bì to hit a wall碰壁 pèng bì
半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān vast swathe of territory半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān
面壁 miàn bì to face the wall面壁 miàn bì
腹壁 fù bì abdominal wall腹壁 fù bì
绝壁 jué bì precipice絕壁
悬崖峭壁 xuányáqiàobì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)懸崖峭壁
铜墙铁壁 tóng qiáng tiě bì copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense銅牆鐵壁
飞檐走壁 fēi yán zǒu bì to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts)飛檐走壁
壁挂 bì guà wall hanging壁掛
细胞壁 xì bāo bì cell wall細胞壁
壁灯 bì dēng wall lamp壁燈
关税壁垒 guān shuì bì lěi tariff wall關稅壁壘

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Decomposition

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