币 (bì): money, coins, currency
币 (bì) is a Chinese character meaning “money.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丿 (structural) and 巾 (structural). It ranks #1184 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 币 bills written on silk 巾. Its radical form 巾 (cloth) appears in many related characters such as 师 (shī, teacher), 帮 (bāng, to help), 常 (cháng, always).
Definitions
- money
- coins
- currency
Etymology & Origin
ideographicBills written on silk 巾
Decomposition: ⿻丿巾 (layout: overlay)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 币
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 货币noun | huò bì | currency | 6 |
| 人民币noun | rén mín bì | Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY) | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硬币noun | yìng bì | coin |
| 金币noun | jīn bì | gold coin |
| 银币noun | yín bì | silver coin |
| 纸币noun | zhǐ bì | bank notes |
| 假币noun | jiǎ bì | counterfeit money |
| 钱币noun | qián bì | money (esp. coins) |
| 外币noun | wài bì | foreign currency |
| 铸币verb | zhù bì | coin |
| 国际货币基金组织proper-noun | guó jì huò bì jī jīn zǔ zhī | International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
| 纪念币noun | jì niàn bì | commemorative coin |
| 币值noun | bì zhí | value of a currency |
| 港币noun | gǎng bì | Hong Kong currency |
| 非同质化代币 | fēi tóng zhì huà dài bì | non-fungible token (NFT) |
| 人民币元 | rén mín bì yuán | renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit |
| 国际货币基金 | guó jì huò bì jī jīn | International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
币 appears in 68 compound words: 6 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 19 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 币 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了币字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le bì zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "coin" in the dictionary.
Bitcoin|比特币未止跌 跌至6.3万美元水平
B i t c o i n bǐ tè bì wèi zhǐ diē diē zhì 6 . 3 wàn měi yuán shuǐ píng
Bitcoin has not stopped falling to the $63,000 level
...撼!挖3563克拉紫星彩宝 飙126亿台币
. . . hàn ! wā 3 5 6 3 kè lā zǐ xīng cǎi bǎo biāo 1 2 6 yì tái bì
... Shake! Digging 3,563 carats of purple star colored treasures soared to NT$12.6 billion
美关税新变局 台币走势将以盘待变
měi guān shuì xīn biàn jú tái bì zǒu shì jiāng yǐ pán dài biàn
New changes in US tariffs The trend of the Taiwan dollar will be waiting for changes
美元还能强多久?新台币盘整静待联准会“华许政策”
měi yuán hái néng qiáng duō jiǔ ? xīn tái bì pán zhěng jìng dài lián zhǔn huì huá xǔ zhèng cè
How long can the dollar be strong? The consolidation of the New Taiwan dollar awaits the Federal Reserve's "Huaxu policy"
比特币还能买?《富爸爸.穷爸爸》作者逆风加码 ...
bǐ tè bì hái néng mǎi ? fù bà bà . qióng bà bà zuò zhě nì fēng jiā mǎ . . .
Can Bitcoin still be bought? "Rich Dad. The author of "Poor Dad" is against the wind...
我需要先放一枚硬币吗？
Wǒ xūyào xiān fàng yī méi yìngbì ma?
Do I need to put a coin in first?
台湾的货币是什么 ?
Táiwān de huòbì shì shénme?
What is the currency of Taiwan?
国际货币基金组织不考虑再借款给该国。
Guójì Huòbì Jījīn Zǔzhī bù kǎolǜ zài jièkuǎn gěi gāiguó.
The IMF ruled out any new loans to that country.
钱币的价值取决于所使用的金属的重量。
Qiánbì de jiàzhí qǔjué yú suǒ shǐyòng de jīnshǔ de zhòngliàng.
The value of a coin depends on the weight of the metal used.
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