惫 (bèi): exhausted

惫 (bèi) is a Chinese character meaning “exhausted.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 夂 (phonetic) and 思 (semantic). It ranks #2752 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 惫 ponder. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. exhausted

Etymology & Origin

惫

pictophoneticponder

Decomposition: ⿱夂思 (layout: top-bottom)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
疲惫adjectivepí bèibeaten
疲惫不堪pí bèi bù kānexhausted
惫赖bèi làinaughty
惫懒bèi lǎnlistless
惫倦bèi juàntired and sleepy
5
Total compounds
60
As first character
20
As last character
20
As middle character

惫 appears in 5 compound words: 60 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 惫 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

疲pí
0.7901,291 co-occurrences
堪kān
0.586302 co-occurrences
饿è
0.48028 co-occurrences
饥jī
0.42518 co-occurrences
敌dí
0.34324 co-occurrences
矣yǐ
0.33410 co-occurrences
弱ruò
0.33326 co-occurrences
极jí
0.33032 co-occurrences
卒zú
0.32720 co-occurrences
感gǎn
0.31778 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

看到孩子的进步,父母惫中十分欣慰。

kàn dào hái zǐ de jìn bù , fù mǔ bèi zhōng shí fēn xīn wèi .

Seeing their child's progress, the parents felt deeply gratified.

IT之家Aug 2026

还有一些开发者每天长时间进行氛围编程,最终陷入疲惫和倦怠。

hái yǒu yī xiē kāi fā zhě měi tiān cháng shí jiān jìn háng fēn wéi biān chéng , zuì zhōng xiàn rù pí bèi hé juàn dài .

There are also some developers who spend long hours every day working on atmospheric programming, eventually becoming exhausted and burned out.

爱范儿Aug 2026

过去五年去了哪里,读过什么,身体发生过什么变化,喜欢什么样的餐厅,什么时间容易疲惫。

guò qù wǔ nián qù le nǎ lǐ , dòu guò shén má , shēn tǐ fā shēng guò shén má biàn huà , xǐ huān shén má yàng de cān tīng , shén má shí jiān róng yì pí bèi .

Where have you been over the past five years? What have you read? How has your body changed? What kind of restaurants do you like? At what times do you tend to feel tired?

中国新闻网·文化Aug 2026

角色那张写满疲惫的脸刚好是承载复杂情绪的一款视觉符号。

jiǎo sè nà zhāng xiě mǎn pí bèi de liǎn gāng hǎo shì chéng zài fù zá qíng xù de yī kuǎn shì jué fú hào .

The character’s face, etched with exhaustion, serves as a visual symbol that conveys complex emotions.

Nownews今日新聞Apr 2026

私生饭镜头朝脸狂拍!张凌赫眼神露疲惫 痛心喊:不希望这样见面

sī shēng fàn jìng tóu cháo liǎn kuáng pāi ! zhāng líng hè yǎn shén lù pí bèi tòng xīn hǎn : bù xī wàng zhè yàng jiàn miàn

Stalker fans snapped photos of his face nonstop! Jang Ling-he looked exhausted and cried out in anguish, "I don't want to meet like this."

中国新闻网_梳理天下新闻Feb 2026

告别假期疲惫感 三招重启身心好状态

gào bié jiǎ qī pí bèi gǎn sān zhāo chóng qǐ shēn xīn hǎo zhuàng tài

Say goodbye to holiday fatigue and three tricks to restart your body and mind in a good state

Tatoeba

南希看起来很疲惫。

Nánxī kànqǐlai hěn píbèi.

Nancy looks so tired.

Tatoeba

我因为时差而感到疲惫。

Wǒ yīnwèi shíchā ér gǎndào píbèi.

I feel exhausted because of jet lag.

Tatoeba

这个女士看起来很悲伤,也很疲惫。

Zhège nǚshì kànqǐlai hěn bēishāng, yě hěn píbèi.

The lady looked sad, also tired.

Tatoeba

菲利普不喜欢客场比赛,他总是容易感到很疲惫。

Fēi lì pǔ bù xǐhuan kèchǎng bǐsài, tā zǒngshì róngyì gǎndào hěn píbèi.

Philip hates traveling for away games. He always gets really tired and never plays well.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced bèi

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 惫 (bèi) mean in Chinese?
惫 (bèi) primarily means "exhausted." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2752 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 惫 have?
惫 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 惫?
The radical associated with 惫 is 忄 (heart). This radical appears in many characters related to heart.
What are the components of 惫?
惫 is composed of: 夂 (phonetic), 思 (semantic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱夂思 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 惫?
Common words with 惫 include: 疲惫 (pí bèi, "beaten"); 疲惫不堪 (pí bèi bù kān, "exhausted"); 惫赖 (bèi lài, "naughty"); 惫懒 (bèi lǎn, "listless"); 惫倦 (bèi juàn, "tired and sleepy"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 惫 (bèi)?
Several characters share the pronunciation bèi: 被 (quilt, by), 备 ((bound form) to prepare), 北 (north), 背 (the back of a body or object), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 惫 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 惫 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.