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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bì | bi4
English translation
to protect
cover
shelter
hide or harbor
cover, shield; to protect, to shelter; to harbor

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

广 Guǎng

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

house

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

广比

Semantic compound

广 Guǎng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 广 Guǎng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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门多萨 zài 要求 yāoqiú 获得 huòdé 政治 zhèngzhì 庇护 bì hù 之前 zhī qián 一直 yīzhí dāi zài 这里 zhè lǐ

Mendoza is here pending his request for political asylum.

考古学家 kǎo gǔ xué jiā 判定 pàn dìng 这个 zhè ge 堡垒 bǎo lěi 建于罗马 Luó mǎ 皇帝 huángdì 安东尼 Ān dōng ní ·庇护 bì hù 统治 tǒngzhì 时期 shíqī

Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.

为什么 wèishénme yāo 包庇 bāobì 想要 xiǎng yào shā de 人呢

Why would she cover for someone who was trying to kill her?

1987 Nián zài 本国 běn guó 逃脱 táo tuō 警察 jǐngchá 追捕 zhuī bǔ Hòu jiù 申请 shēnqǐng le 政治 zhèngzhì 庇护 bì hù

He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
庇护 bì hù asylum庇護
包庇 bāobì to shield包庇 bāobì
cover
庇佑 bì yòu to bless庇佑 bì yòu
庇荫 bì yìn to shield庇蔭
托庇 tuō bì to rely on sb for protection托庇 tuō bì
庇古 Bì gǔ Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), British economist庇古 Bì gǔ
罗伯斯庇尔 Luó bó sī bì ěr Robespierre (name)羅伯斯庇爾
欧里庇得斯 Ōu lǐ bì dé sī Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc歐里庇得斯

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