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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bì | bi4
English translation
arm

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

flesh

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辟⺼

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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de shǒu lòng téng le , zài 住手 zhù shǒu jiù gào !

I'll tell of you if you don't stop hurting my arm!

铁丝网 tiě sī wǎng guā le de 手臂 shǒu bì .

The barbed wire had lacerated her arm.

zéi 抓住 zhuā zhù le de 手提包 shǒu tí bāo ,同时 tóngshí zài 我的臂膀 bì bǎng shǎng le Dāo .

The thief stabbed me in the arm with a knife as he seized my bag.

táng 岂能挡车.

A mantis cannot stop the wheel of a cart.

医生 yīshēng shǎng de liǎng kuài shé jiē hǎo le .

The doctor knit the two broken bones in his arm.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
手臂 shǒu bì arm手臂 shǒu bì
arm
双臂 shuāng bì arms雙臂
臂膀 bì bǎng arm臂膀 bì bǎng
前臂 qián bì forearm前臂 qián bì
失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì to miss narrowly失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì
臂弯 bì wān crook of the arm臂彎
胳臂 gē bei arm胳臂 gē bei
臂章 bì zhāng armband臂章 bì zhāng
长臂猿 cháng bì yuán gibbon長臂猿
三头六臂 sān tóu liù bì fig. to possess remarkable abilities三頭六臂
悬臂 xuán bì cantilever懸臂
膀臂 bǎng bì arm膀臂 bǎng bì
振臂一呼 zhèn bì yī hū to issue a call for action振臂一呼 zhèn bì yī hū
力臂 lì bì lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)力臂 lì bì
螳臂当车 táng bì dāng chē a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom)螳臂當車
交臂 jiāo bì linking arms交臂 jiāo bì
如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ freely and effortlessly如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ

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