俾
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to cause; to enable; phonetic bi; Taiwan pr. [bi4]
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,133 U+4FFE
How 俾 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卑 (bēi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑 sound component | bēi | humble, low, inferior; to despise |
| 牌 | pái | card, game piece; placard, signboard, tablet |
| 碑 | bēi | stone tablet; gravestone |
| 鹎 | bēi | bulbul, songbird; Pycnonotidae |
| 啤 | pí | beer |
| 脾 | pí | spleen, pancreas; temper, disposition |
| 稗 | bài | darnels, weeds; small, insignificant |
| 郫 | pí | place name |
| 蜱 | pí | tick, mite |
| 捭 | bǎi | to open up, to spread out |
| 睥 | pì | to glare at; to look askance |
| 埤 | pí | to add, to increase; to attach; fence, wall |
| 萆 | bì | castor oil; the castor-oil plant |
| 陴 | pí | parapet; city wall |
Words containing 俾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加俾额尔 | Jiā bǐ é ěr | Gabriel (biblical name) |
| 俾路支省 | Bǐ lù zhī shěng | Balochistan (Pakistan) |
| 俾格米 | bǐ gé mǐ | Pygmy |
| 俾斯麦 | Bǐ sī mài | Bismarck (name); Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of… |
| 俾路支 | Bǐ lù zhī | Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan) |
| 俾利 | bǐ lì | to facilitate; thus making easier |
| 俾夜作昼 | bǐ yè zuò zhòu | lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil; work especially hard |
| 俾昼作夜 | bǐ zhòu zuò yè | to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardles… |
| 俾使 | bǐ shǐ | in order that; so that; so as to; to cause sth |
| 俾倪 | bǐ ní | parapet; to look askance |