坯 (pī): blank (e.g. for a coin), unburnt earthenware, semifinished product
坯 (pī) is a Chinese character meaning “blank (e.g. for a coin).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 丕 (phonetic). It ranks #4221 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 坯 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 土 (tǔ, earth, soil), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- blank (e.g. for a coin)
- unburnt earthenware
- semifinished product
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坯子 | pī zi | base |
| 毛坯noun | máo pī | semifinished products |
| 美人坯子 | měi rén pī zi | see 美人胚子 |
| 毛坯房 | máo pī fáng | undecorated residential unit |
| 坯件 | pī jiàn | blank (for a coin etc) |
| 拉坯 | lā pī | to make ceramics (on a potter's wheel) |
| 坯布 | pī bù | unbleached and undyed cloth |
| 坯料noun | pī liào | semifinished materials |
| 土坯noun | tǔ pī | mud brick |
| 坯模 | pī mú | mold |
| 硬币坯 | yìng bì pī | coin blank |
| 钢坯 | gāng pī | billet (steel industry) |
| 扁坯 | biǎn pī | slab |
坯 appears in 13 compound words: 38 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
补全驱动 回到我这台机器,除了几乎没有使用痕迹,它的“毛坯房”状态在于驱动并不完整。
bǔ quán qū dòng huí dào wǒ zhè tái jī qì , chú le jǐ hū méi yǒu shǐ yòng hén jì , tā de máo pī fáng zhuàng tài zài yú qū dòng bìng bù wán zhěng .
Installing the Missing Drivers: Coming back to this machine, aside from showing almost no signs of use, its “as-is” condition is due to the fact that the drivers are incomplete.
潘安政深知贺兰砚制作工序繁琐,选石相石、修坯凿形、设计雕刻、打磨上蜡,步步不能急躁。
pān ān zhèng shēn zhī hè lán yàn zhì zuò gōng xù fán suǒ , xuǎn shí xiāng shí , xiū pī záo xíng , shè jì diāo kè , dǎ mó shàng là , bù bù bù néng jí zào .
Pan Anzheng was well aware that the process of making Helan inkstones is intricate—from selecting and examining the stone, to shaping the rough block and carving the form, to designing and engraving, and finally polishing and waxing—and that each step must be carried out with patience.
在营养和食品安全之外,面包店使用冷冻坯现烤,还有什么问题值得关注?
zài yíng yǎng hé shí pǐn ān quán zhī wài , miàn bāo diàn shǐ yòng lěng dòng pī xiàn kǎo , hái yǒu shén me wèn tí zhí dé guān zhù ?
Aside from nutrition and food safety, what other issues should we be concerned about when bakeries use frozen dough to bake fresh bread?
而在更早的 23 年佩德森就已经骑上新车毛坯架了。
ér zài gèng zǎo de 2 3 nián pèi dé sēn jiù yǐ jīng qí shàng xīn chē máo pī jià le .
As early as 2023, Pedersen had already been riding a new bike with a bare frame.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 土 (earth) component
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