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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pī | pi1
English translation
to hack
to chop
to split open
(of lightning) to strike
to split in two
to divide
to chop, to cut apart; to split

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Dāo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

knife

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辟刀

Semantic compound

Dāo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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闪电 shǎndiàn shù kāi le .

The lightening splintered a tree.

zǒu dào 门口 mén kǒu tóu 泼来 pén zàng Shuǐ .

As he reached the door, he was showered straight on the head with a basin of slops.

沿 yán de 长度 cháng dù 方向 fāngxiàng kān 干涉 gānshè jiān .

Along the length of the filter, the interference film like a wedge.

倾盆大雨 qīng pén dà yǔ 劈头盖脸 pī tóu gài liǎn de jiāo le 下来 xià lai .

The rain came pelting down.

shù kǎn dǎo , bìng Chéng 烧火 shāo huǒ yòng de xiǎo kuài .

He cut down the tree and cut it up for firewood.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to hack
劈叉 pǐ chà to do the splits劈叉 pǐ chà
劈开 pī kāi to cleave劈開
劈头盖脸 pī tóu gài liǎn showering down劈頭蓋臉
劈柴 pī chái to chop firewood劈柴 pī chái
劈啪 pī pā (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc劈啪 pī pā
劈里啪啦 pī li pā lā to pitter-patter劈裡啪啦
劈面 pī miàn right in the face劈面 pī miàn
劈手 pī shǒu with a lightning move of the hand劈手 pī shǒu
劈脸 pī liǎn right in the face劈臉

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Decomposition

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