匹 - pǐ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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4 strokes
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匹

pǐ

Definition

classifier (for horses, mules etc)
五匹马

Five horses
classifier (bolts, for cloth; rolls, for silk, etc)
一匹布

A bolt of cloth
measure word
matchless
pearless
single
lone
ordinary person
horsepower

Other pronunciations

pī

measure word (for horses, mules, etc)
classifier
mate
one of a pair

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

甚

shèn

what; very; extremely; any

wild duck

picene (C22H14)

Related words (14)

a married couple

ordinary man; ignorant person; coarse fellow

匹敌

pǐ dí

to be equal to; to be well-matched; rival

匹配

pǐ pèi

to mate or marry; to match; matching; compatible

horsepower

ordinary people; commoners

cloth (by the yard)

horse

(dialect) fuck!

unsurpassed; unparalleled

impedance matching

aspirin (loanword)

aspirin (loanword); also written 阿司匹林

目标匹配作业

mù biāo pǐ pèi zuò yè

target matching task

Idioms (1)

单枪匹马

dān qiāng pǐ mǎ

(lit.) single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single-handed; unaccompanied

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