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  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
skin; peel; rind; outer layer / leather; hide; fur / cover; wrapping; outer covering / (of food) no longer crisp; soggy / (coll.) naughty; mischievous / pico- (10⁻¹²)
HSK 3
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  *派* | 派* | *派
(literary) tributary; branch of a river / clique; school; group; faction / (bound form) style; manner / to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by ) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie
HSK 3
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  *匹* | 匹* | *匹
(bound form) matching; comparable to / (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair / classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]) / classifier for cloth: bolt / horsepower
HSK 5
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
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  *批* | 批* | *批
to ascertain / to act on / to criticize / to pass on / classifier for batches, lots, military flights / tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
HSK 4
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  *披* | 披* | *披
to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out
HSK 5
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  *皮* | 皮* | *皮
surname Pi
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
Raspberry Pi (computing)
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  *啤* | 啤* | *啤
beer
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  *劈* | 劈* | *劈
to hack / to chop / to split open / (of lightning) to strike
HSK 7-9
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  *否* | 否* | *否
clogged / evil
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  *坯* | 坯* | *坯
blank (e.g. for a coin) / unburnt earthenware / semifinished product / Taiwan pr. [pei1]
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  *屁* | 屁* | *屁
fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing
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  *疲* | 疲* | *疲
weary
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  *僻* | 僻* | *僻
(bound form) remote / out of the way / off-center / eccentric
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  *砒* | 砒* | *砒
arsenic
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  *裨* | 裨* | *裨
surname Pi
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  *裨* | 裨* | *裨
subordinate / secondary / small
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  *陂* | 陂* | *陂
used in 黃陂|黄陂 (the name of a place in Hubei)
Pi county in Jiangsu
Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區|郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan
World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year
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  *丕* | 丕* | *丕
grand
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  *仳* | 仳* | *仳
to part
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  *劈* | 劈* | *劈
to split in two / to divide
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  *蜱* | 蜱* | *蜱
tick (zoology)
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  *邳* | 邳* | *邳
surname Pi / Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu / also pr. [Pei2]
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  *譬* | 譬* | *譬
to give an example
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  *癖* | 癖* | *癖
habit / hobby
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  *媲* | 媲* | *媲
to match / to pair
Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226
Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
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  *魾* | 魾* | *魾
Bagarius, an Asian genus of catfishes
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  *脾* | 脾* | *脾
spleen
HSK 7-9
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  *陴* | 陴* | *陴
parapet
(Tw) (in a research project) co-principal investigator, or co-PI
Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher
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  *甓* | 甓* | *甓
glazed tile
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  *擗* | 擗* | *擗
(literary) to beat the breast / to break off; to snap off (a branch, an ear of corn etc)
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  *芘* | 芘* | *芘
Malva sylvestris
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  *嚭* | 嚭* | *嚭
great / great fortune
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  *埤* | 埤* | *埤
low wall
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  *狓* | 狓* | *狓
used in 㺢㹢狓
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  *痞* | 痞* | *痞
constipation / lump in the abdomen
biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu
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  *貔* | 貔* | *貔
see 貔貅, composite mythical animal (originally was the male)
Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
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  *伾* | 伾* | *伾
multitudinous / powerful
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  *紕* | 紕* | *紕
error / carelessness / spoiled silk
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  *闢* | 闢* | *闢
to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel; to refute; to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating; incisive
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  *蚽* | 蚽* | *蚽
a kind of insect (old)
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  *噼* | 噼* | *噼
child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
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  *笓* | 笓* | *笓
to comb / fine-toothed comb / trap for prawns
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  *羆* | 羆* | *羆
brown bear
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  *駓* | 駓* | *駓
(horse)
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  *髲* | 髲* | *髲
a wig
Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805
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  *阰* | 阰* | *阰
mountain in ancient Chu
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  *吡* | 吡* | *吡
used as phonetic bi- or pi-
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  *錍* | 錍* | *錍
flat arrow-head / plow blade / also pr. [pi2]
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  *庀* | 庀* | *庀
to prepare
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  *枇* | 枇* | *枇
used in 枇杷
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  *疋* | 疋* | *疋
variant of / classifier for cloth: bolt
HSK 5
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  *苉* | 苉* | *苉
picene (C22H14)
Pi county in Sichuan
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  *鼙* | 鼙* | *鼙
drum carried on horseback
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  *狉* | 狉* | *狉
puppy badger
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  *蚍* | 蚍* | *蚍
used in 蚍蜉
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  *鮍* | 鮍* | *鮍
used in 鰟鮍|鳑鲏 / Taiwan pr. [pi1]
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  *鸊* | 鸊* | *鸊
variant of 鷿|䴙
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  *霹* | 霹* | *霹
used in 霹靂|霹雳 and 霹雷
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  *睥* | 睥* | *睥
used in 睥睨 / Taiwan pr. [bi4]
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  *毗* | 毗* | *毗
to adjoin / to border on
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  *鴄* | 鴄* | *鴄
wild duck
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  *圮* | 圮* | *圮
destroyed / injure
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  *潎* | 潎* | *潎
rippling / pour
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  *琵* | 琵* | *琵
see 琵琶, pipa lute
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  *鈹* | 鈹* | *鈹
beryllium (chemistry)
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  *秠* | 秠* | *秠
(millet)
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  *鷿* | 鷿* | *鷿
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  *郫* | 郫* | *郫
place name
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  *淠* | 淠* | *淠
luxuriant (of water plants)
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  *邳* | 邳* | *邳
variant of
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  *辟* | 辟* | *辟
penal law / variant of 闢|辟
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  *毘* | 毘* | *毘
variant of
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  *澼* | 澼* | *澼
bleach / to clean


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