劈 (pī): to hack, to chop, to split open
劈 (pī) is a Chinese character meaning “to hack.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辟 (phonetic) and 刀 (semantic). It ranks #2403 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 劈 knife. Its radical form 刂 (knife) appears in many related characters such as 分 (fēn, to divide), 别 (bié, to leave), 到 (dào, to reach).
Definitions
- to hack
- to chop
- to split open
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劈叉 | pǐ chà | the splits (move in dancing) |
| 劈开 | pī kāi | to cleave |
| 劈头盖脸 | pī tóu gài liǎn | lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom) |
| 劈柴 | pī chái | to chop firewood |
| 劈啪 | pī pā | (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc |
| 劈头 | pī tóu | straight away |
| 劈情操 | pī qíng cāo | to have a friendly chat (Shanghai) |
| 劈面 | pī miàn | right in the face |
| 劈理 | pī lǐ | (mining) cleavage |
| 劈手 | pī shǒu | with a lightning move of the hand |
| 微劈恩 | wēi pī ēn | (coll.) (loanword) VPN |
| 劈里啪啦 | pī li pā lā | variant of 噼里啪啦[pi1 li5 pa1 la1] |
| 劈离 | pī lí | split |
| 劈空扳害 | pī kōng bān hài | damaged by groundless slander (idiom) |
| 劈脸 | pī liǎn | right in the face |
劈 appears in 20 compound words: 90 as the first character, 5 as the last, and 5 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 劈 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这个劈字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě pī zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "劈" had different meanings in ancient Chinese.
熊仁谦陷劈腿风暴!自揭11岁常进殡仪馆观死 拍鬼片...
xióng rén qiān xiàn pī tuǐ fēng bào ! zì jiē 1 1 suì cháng jìn 殡 yí guǎn guàn sǐ pāi guǐ piàn . . .
赵骏亚暴冲成性!前女友告他劈腿又性侵 5度被控家暴还袭警
zhào jùn yà bào chōng chéng xìng ! qián nǚ yǒu gào tā pī tuǐ yòu xìng qīn 5 dù bèi kòng jiā bào hái xí jǐng
Zhao Junya has a violent temper! His ex-girlfriend accuses him of cheating and sexual assault; he has been charged with domestic violence five times and also assaulted a police officer.
虞书欣新剧未拍先泼冷水 男主角随时劈炮
虞 shū xīn xīn jù wèi pāi xiān pō lěng shuǐ nán zhǔ jiǎo suí shí pī pào
Yu Shuxin's new drama poured cold water before filming, and the male protagonist split at any time
节后机票大劈价!北京上海等热门航线低至200 元宵前...
jié hòu jī piào dà pī jià ! běi jīng shàng hǎi děng rè mén háng xiàn dī zhì 2 0 0 yuán xiāo qián . . .
Post-holiday air ticket bargains! Popular routes such as Beijing and Shanghai are as low as 200 before the Lantern Festival...
...环解密】T1无缘来港争LCK杯 黄牛党急劈价止血
. . . huán jiě mì T 1 wú yuán lái gǎng zhēng L C K bēi huáng niú dǎng jí pī jià zhǐ xiě
... T1 did not have the opportunity to come to Hong Kong to compete for the LCK Cup, and the scalpers hurriedly cut the price to stop the bleeding
你敢说那庙是个破庙...你不怕被雷劈了吗？
Nǐ gǎn shuō nà miào shì gè pò miào... nǐ bù pà bèi léi pī le ma?
How dare you say that that temple is a ruined temple...aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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