庇
to protect; cover; shelter; hide or harbor
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,582 U+5E87
How 庇 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
广 (semantic, “house”) + 比 (phonetic, bǐ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 比
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 比 (bǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比 sound component | bǐ | to compare, liken; comparison; than |
| 批 | pī | comment, criticism; batch, lot; wholesale |
| 屁 | pì | to break wind, to fart; the buttocks |
| 毕 | bì | to finish, to conclude, to end; completed |
| 毙 | bì | to kill; to die a violent death |
| 琵 | pí | a guitar-like instrument (1) |
| 吡 | bǐ | to blame |
| 毗 | pí | to aid, to help; to adjoin, to connect |
| 秕 | bǐ | chaff, husk |
| 蚍 | pí | mussels, shellfish |
| 蓖 | bì | the castor-oil plant; Ricinus commumis |
| 砒 | pī | arsenic |
| 妣 | bǐ | one's deceased mother |
| 枇 | pí | loquat tree |
| 纰 | pī | carelessness; error, mistake; spoiled silk |
| 貔 | pí | fox, leopard, panther |
| 仳 | pǐ | separate, part company |
| 舭 | bǐ | bilge |
| 芘 | pí | common mallow; Malva sylvestris |
Words containing 庇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庇西特拉图 | Bì xī tè lā tú | Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 … |
| 罗伯斯庇尔 | Luó bó sī bì ěr | Robespierre (name); Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French r… |
| 欧里庇得斯 | Ōu lǐ bì dé sī | Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc |
| 大西庇阿 | Dà xī bì ā | Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman |
| 外交庇护 | wài jiāo bì hù | diplomatic asylum |
| 政治庇护 | zhèng zhì bì hù | political asylum |
| 庇护所 | bì hù suǒ | shelter; refuge; sanctuary |
| 朱庇特 | Zhū bì tè | Jupiter (Roman god) |
| 亚庇 | Yà bì | Kota Kinabalu (capital of Sabah state, Malaysia) |
| 庇古 | Bì gǔ | Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), British economist |
| 包庇 | bāo bì | to shield; to harbor; to cover up |
| 托庇 | tuō bì | to rely on sb for protection |
| 庇护 | bì hù | to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum |
| 庇荫 | bì yìn | to give shade (of a tree etc); to shield |
| 袒庇 | tǎn bì | to shield; to harbor; to cover up |
| 庇佑 | bì yòu | to bless; to protect; protection (esp. divine) |
| 庇祐 | bì yòu | to bless; to protect; protection (esp. divine); also written 庇佑[bi4 you4] |