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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bì | bi4
English translation
to cover
to shield
to screen
to conceal
to cover, to hide, to shelter

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

grass

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹敝

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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房子 fáng zi bèi 巨大 jùdà de shù suǒ 遮蔽 zhē bì .

The house is shadowed by a huge tree.

车道 chē dào bèi zhū 柏树 bǎi shù 掩蔽 yǎn bì zhāo .

The driveway was sheltered by a large cypress tree.

旌旗 jīng qí , 刀剑 dāo jiàn .

There are myriads of flags enough to conceal the sun, and swords are as numerous as a field of hemp.

莲叶 de 阴凉 yīn liáng 遮蔽 zhē bì . páng de 柳树 liǔ shù 环绕 huán rào .

The lotuses conceal him poplars by the stream surround him.

云翳 kōng ,日色朦胧 méng lóng , Jīng 丛林 cóng lín 这么 zhè me 反射 fǎnshè , yòu Yīn yòu 湿 shī de 空气 kōngqì jiù gěi kǎo 热烘烘 de .

The sun obscured by overcast, refracted from the jungle and heated the moist dark air.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
隐蔽 yǐnbì to conceal隱蔽
屏蔽 píng bì to screen屏蔽 píng bì
蒙蔽 méng bì to deceive蒙蔽 méng bì
to cover
遮蔽 zhē bì to cover遮蔽 zhē bì
掩蔽 yǎn bì shelter掩蔽 yǎn bì
遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì omnipresent遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì
一言以蔽之 yī yán yǐ bì zhī in a nutshell一言以蔽之 yī yán yǐ bì zhī
衣不蔽体 yī bù bì tǐ fig. poverty-stricken衣不蔽體
荫蔽 yìn bì to conceal蔭蔽
障蔽 zhàng bì to obstruct障蔽 zhàng bì

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Decomposition

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