鼻 (bí): nose
鼻 (bí) is a Chinese character meaning “nose.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 自 (semantic) and 畀 (phonetic). It ranks #1327 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 鼻 self. Its radical form 鼻 (nose) appears in many related characters.
Definitions
- nose
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 鼻
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼻涕noun | bí tì | nasal mucus |
| 鼻孔noun | bí kǒng | nostril |
| 哭鼻子verb | kū bí zi | to snivel (usually humorous) |
| 鼻梁noun | bí liáng | bridge of the nose |
| 鼻腔noun | bí qiāng | nasal cavity |
| 鼻青脸肿phrase | bí qīng liǎn zhǒng | a bloody nose and a swollen face |
| 鼻音noun | bí yīn | nasal sound |
| 刺鼻adjective | cì bí | to assail the nostrils |
| 鼻尖noun | bí jiān | tip of the nose |
| 象鼻虫noun | xiàng bí chóng | weevil |
| 嗤之以鼻phrase | chī zhī yǐ bí | to snort disdainfully |
| 扑鼻verb | pū bí | to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors) |
| 鼻息noun | bí xī | breath |
| 鼻祖noun | bí zǔ | the earliest ancestor |
| 鼻窦炎noun | bí dòu yán | sinusitis |
鼻 appears in 100 compound words: 50 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 35 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 鼻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
to be black and blue in the face; with a bloody nose and swollen face; to suffer a major setback
Example Sentences
鼻字在日常生活中使用频率中等。
bí zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ zhōng děng .
The character "鼻" is used with moderate frequency in daily life.
58岁男鼻腔流脓飘异味 3公分螺丝卡40年
5 8 suì nán bí qiāng liú 脓 piāo yì wèi 3 gōng fēn luó sī kǎ 4 0 nián
58-Year-Old Man Experiences Foul-Smelling Nasal Discharge; 3-Centimeter Screw Found to Have Been Lodged for 40 Years
...林禹宏把病榻当战场 名医“生命笔记”令人鼻酸
. . . lín 禹 hóng bǎ bìng 榻 dāng zhàn chǎng míng yī shēng mìng bǐ jì lìng rén bí suān
...Lin Yuhong Treats His Sickbed as a Battlefield; Renowned Doctor’s “Life Notes” Bring Tears to the Eyes
鼻塞偏方|疯传“暖包贴1部位”鼻子秒变通畅...
bí sāi piān fāng fēng chuán nuǎn bāo tiē 1 bù wèi bí zǐ miǎo biàn tōng chàng . . .
Nasal congestion home remedies|Viral "warm pack patch 1 part" nose becomes smooth in seconds...
【动物浮世绘】娜女子/鼻尖点亮的世界
dòng wù fú shì huì 娜 nǚ zǐ bí jiān diǎn liàng de shì jiè
【Animal Ukiyo-e】Na Woman/The World of the Tip of the Nose
益得取得国内复方剂鼻喷产品药证 下一步挥军美国市场攻百亿商机
yì dé qǔ dé guó nèi fù fāng jì bí pēn chǎn pǐn yào zhèng xià yī bù huī jūn měi guó shì chǎng gōng bǎi yì shāng jī
Yide obtained the drug certificate of domestic compound nasal spray products and the next step is to attack the US market to attack tens of billions of business opportunities
我刚打开锅盖，一股恶臭就扑鼻而来。
Wǒ gāng dǎkāi guōgài, yī gǔ èchòu jiù pūbí ér lái.
I just opened the lid, and a foul smell filled my nose.
谁弄伤了妳的鼻子？
Shéi nòngshāng le nǐ de bízi?
Who broke your nose?
我的鼻子没办法呼吸了。
Wǒ de bízi méibànfǎ hūxī le.
I can't breathe through my nose.
除了鼻子不通以外，我还发着高烧。
Chúle bízi bù tōng yǐwài, wǒ hái fā zhe gāoshāo.
In addition to a blocked nose, I'm also suffering from a high temperature.
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