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Final(T3):īVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Above to below
Strokes:
15
Traditional:
劈
Level:
ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.chop
有些木头好劈。
Some kinds of wood split easily.
她劈了些柴烧火。
She chopped some wood for the fire.
他们用大砍刀在灌木林中劈出了一条路。
They used a machete to cut through the bush.
- 2
prep.right against one's face, chest, etc.
劈头
straight on one's head
大浪朝我们劈面打来。
Huge waves came crashing almost on top of us.
- 3
v.strike; be destroyed or struck by lightning
那棵树被雷劈了。
The tree was struck by lightning.
- 4
n.wedge
劈拉
wedge splitting
- 5
v.split; break off; (of wood) crack
笔尖写劈了。
The pen nib has split.
板子劈了。
The board was split.
- 6
adj.(of voice) hoarse
他喊得声音都快劈了。
He shouted until his voice was hoarse.
Words and phrases with 劈
- 劈石[word]key
- 劈天盖地[word]tremendous
- 劈胸[word]right against the chest
- 劈理夹层[word]cleavage banding
- 劈脊[word]cleaver
- 劈材[word]crevice
- 劈理面[word]cleavage plane
- 劈波斩浪[word]cleave/slash through the waves
- 劈脸[word]direct/right/square in the face
- 劈头盖脸[idiom]right in the face
- 劈里啪啦[idiom]splutter
- 劈风斩浪[idiom]brave the wind and the waves
Word usage
- NoteWhen 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".