敝
my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,051 U+655D
How 敝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
strike
components: 攵
? unknown part
Characters built with 敝 as their sound component
These characters all use 敝 (bì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敝 sound component | bì | to break, to destroy; ruined, tattered |
| 蔽 | bì | to cover, to hide, to shelter |
| 撇 | piě | to abandon, to discard |
| 鳖 | biē | turtle |
| 憋 | biē | to stifle, to restrain, to choke; to suppress one's inner feelings |
| 瞥 | piē | to take a fleeting glance at |
Words containing 敝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弃之如敝屣 | qì zhī rú bì xǐ | to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom) |
| 破敝 | pò bì | shabby; damaged |
| 敝帚千金 | bì zhǒu qiān jīn | lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value; I wouldn't be … |
| 民生凋敝 | mín shēng diāo bì | the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverish… |
| 视如敝屣 | shì rú bì xǐ | (lit.) to view as worn-out shoes (idiom); (fig.) to consider to be worthless |
| 敝帚自珍 | bì zhǒu zì zhēn | to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own; a… |
| 雕敝 | diāo bì | variant of 凋敝[diao1 bi4] |
| 弃若敝屣 | qì ruò bì xǐ | to throw away like worn out shoes |
| 敝屣尊荣 | bì xǐ zūn róng | to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom) |
| 凋敝 | diāo bì | impoverished; destitute; hard; depressed (of business); tattered; ragged |
| 敝屣 | bì xǐ | worn-out shoes; a worthless thing |