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  • 1

    v.chop

    • yǒu xiē mù tou hǎo pī

      有些木头

      Some kinds of wood split easily.

    • tā pī le xiē chái shāo huǒ

      烧火

      She chopped some wood for the fire.

    • tā men yòng dà kǎn dāo zài guàn mù lín zhōng pī chū le yī tiáo lù

      他们砍刀灌木林

      They used a machete to cut through the bush.

  • 2

    prep.right against one's face, chest, etc.

    • pī tóu

      straight on one's head

    • dà làng cháo wǒ men pī miàn dǎ lái

      大浪我们

      Huge waves came crashing almost on top of us.

  • 3

    v.strike; be destroyed or struck by lightning

    • nà kē shù bèi léi pī le

      The tree was struck by lightning.

  • 4

    n.wedge

    • pī lā

      wedge splitting

  • 5

    v.split; break off; (of wood) crack

    • bǐ jiān xiě pī le

      笔尖

      The pen nib has split.

    • bǎn zi pī le

      板子

      The board was split.

  • 6

    adj.(of voice) hoarse

    • tā hǎn de shēng yīn dōu kuài pī le

      声音

      He shouted until his voice was hoarse.

Words and phrases with 劈

Word usage

  • Note
    When pronounced as "pī", "劈" is related to the meaning of slashing hard or cracking bamboo and wood. When pronounced as "pǐ", it is used to split or fork (chǎ), etc., such as "把绳子劈成两股" and "劈叉".

Similar-form characters to 劈

Chinese Characters with pinyin

  • reply officially to a petition; slap
  • drape over one's shoulder; open
  • a base ready to be machined into a finished product; adobe
  • strike
  • used as a component of 噼里啪啦