媲 (pì): to match, to pair

媲 (pì) is a Chinese character meaning “to match.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic). It ranks #2977 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 媲 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 女 woman13 strokesFrequency #2977女 semantic

Definitions

  1. to match
  2. to pair

Etymology & Origin

媲

pictophoneticwoman

Components:女semantic

Stroke Order

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13

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
媲美pì měito match
1
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

媲 appears in 1 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 媲 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

美měi
0.5249,084 co-occurrences
相xiāng
0.4152,598 co-occurrences
可kě
0.3511,608 co-occurrences
足zú
0.349456 co-occurrences
甚shèn
0.321180 co-occurrences
堪kān
0.31642 co-occurrences
以yǐ
0.2861,218 co-occurrences
能néng
0.283564 co-occurrences
与yǔ
0.280456 co-occurrences
力lì
0.264360 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

她是一位坚强的媲性，独自抚养两个孩子。

tā shì yī wèi jiān qiáng de pì xìng , dú zì fǔ yǎng liǎng gě hái zǐ .

She is a strong woman who single-handedly raised two children.

Character Family

女 Radical Family — Characters sharing the woman radical

嫦cháng妒dù娥é妨fáng婚hūn嫁jià奸jiān娇jiāo姐jiě婪lán

Related Characters

女nǚ奶nǎi她tā好hǎo妈mā妹mèi姐jiě如rú姓xìng始shǐ

Homophones — Characters pronounced pì

批pī披pī劈pī皮pí疲pí啤pí脾pí匹pǐ僻pì譬pì

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 媲 (pì) mean in Chinese?
媲 (pì) primarily means "to match." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2977 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 媲 have?
媲 is written with 13 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 媲?
The radical associated with 媲 is 女 (woman). This radical appears in many characters related to woman.
What are the components of 媲?
媲 is composed of: 女 (semantic). Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 媲?
Common words with 媲 include: 媲美 (pì měi, "to match"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 媲 (pì)?
Several characters share the pronunciation pì: 批 (to ascertain), 披 (to drape over one's shoulders), 劈 (to hack), 皮 (leather), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 媲 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 媲 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.