僻 (pì): (bound form) remote, out of the way, off-center
僻 (pì) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) remote.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 辟 (phonetic). It ranks #2651 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 僻 people living out of the way. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- (bound form) remote
- out of the way
- off-center
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偏僻 | piān pì | remote |
| 孤僻 | gū pì | antisocial |
| 幽僻 | yōu pì | secluded |
| 僻静 | pì jìng | lonely |
| 穷乡僻壤 | qióng xiāng pì rǎng | a remote and desolate place |
| 怪僻 | guài pì | eccentric |
| 荒僻 | huāng pì | desolate |
| 乖僻 | guāi pì | peculiar |
| 熟词僻义 | shú cí pì yì | uncommon meaning of a common word |
| 生僻 | shēng pì | unfamiliar |
| 僻地 | pì dì | the sticks |
| 僻处 | pì chǔ | to be located in (a remote place) |
| 僻远 | pì yuǎn | remote and faraway |
| 冷僻 | lěng pì | out-of-the-way |
| 乡僻 | xiāng pì | far from town |
僻 appears in 16 compound words: 25 as the first character, 63 as the last, and 13 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 僻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
她僻长得很美,心地也很善良。
tā pì cháng dé hěn měi , xīn dì yě hěn shàn liáng .
She was exceptionally beautiful and had a kind heart.
张晨路的足迹遍布中原、江淮、齐鲁大地,深入偏僻的县城与村落,寻找散落在民间的老兵。
zhāng chén lù de zú jì biàn bù zhōng yuán , jiāng huái , qí lǔ dà dì , shēn rù piān pì de xiàn chéng yǔ cūn luò , xún zhǎo sàn luò zài mín jiān de lǎo bīng .
Zhang Chenlu has traveled throughout the Central Plains, the Jianghuai region, and Shandong, venturing deep into remote county towns and villages in search of veterans scattered among the local populace.
我不得不尝试使用各种策略,来替换生僻字、多音字,反复校正模型的发音。
wǒ bù dé bù cháng shì shǐ yòng gè zhǒng cè lüè , lái tì huàn shēng pì zì , duō yīn zì , fǎn fù jiào zhèng mó xíng de fā yīn .
I had to try various strategies to replace obscure characters and characters with multiple pronunciations, and repeatedly fine-tune the model's pronunciation.
原本晦涩冷僻的甲骨文,在弹幕和留言中获得了大量关注。
yuán běn huì sè lěng pì de jiǎ gǔ wén , zài dàn mù hé liú yán zhōng huò dé le dà liàng guān zhù .
Oracle bone script, which was once obscure and rarely studied, has garnered a great deal of attention through comment streams and messages.
这不仅能修复字典弹窗,更能让古籍正文中所有生僻字完美显示,达成全系统视觉统一。
zhè bù jǐn néng xiū fù zì diǎn dàn chuāng , gēng néng ràng gǔ jí zhèng wén zhōng suǒ yǒu shēng pì zì wán měi xiǎn shì , dá chéng quán xì tǒng shì jué tǒng yī .
Not only does this fix the dictionary pop-up, but it also ensures that all rare characters in the text of ancient texts are displayed perfectly, achieving visual consistency throughout the system.
大抵就是这样的母亲培养出的我,也是这种独立到有些“孤僻”的性格。
dà dǐ jiù shì zhè yàng de mǔ qīn péi yǎng chū de wǒ , yě shì zhè zhǒng dú lì dào yǒu xiē gū pì de xìng gé .
It’s largely thanks to a mother like that that I turned out the way I did, with a personality that’s so independent it borders on “reclusive.”
那个孤僻的人以观察蚂蚁取乐。
Nàge gūpì de rén yǐ guānchá mǎyǐ qǔlè.
The lonely man derives pleasure from observing ants.
那个位置很偏僻。
Nàge wèizhi hěn piānpì.
It's quite a remote spot.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (people living out of the way) component
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