批 (pī): to ascertain, to act on, to criticize
批 (pī) is a Chinese character meaning “to ascertain.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 比 (phonetic). It ranks #569 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 批 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to ascertain
- to act on
- to criticize
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 批
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 批准verb | pī zhǔn | to approve | 5 |
| 批评verb | pī píng | to criticize | 4 |
| 大批adjective | dà pī | large quantities of | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 批判 | pī pàn | to criticize |
| 批评家 | pī píng jiā | critic |
| 批发商 | pī fā shāng | a wholesale business |
| 审批 | shěn pī | to examine and approve |
| 批发 | pī fā | wholesale |
| 批量 | pī liàng | batch |
| 批文 | pī wén | official written ruling in response to a submission |
| 批注 | pī zhù | to annotate |
| 分批 | fēn pī | to do sth in batches or groups |
| 批斗 | pī dòu | to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolut... |
| 挨批 | ái pī | to be criticized |
| 批发价 | pī fā jià | wholesale price |
| 批改 | pī gǎi | to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) |
| 自我批评 | zì wǒ pī píng | self-criticism |
| 批示 | pī shì | to write comments on a report submitted by a subordinate |
批 appears in 69 compound words: 65 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 10 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 批 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
这批货物质量有问题,需要退回厂家。
Zhè pī huòwù zhìliàng yǒu wèntí, xūyào tuì huí chǎngjiā.
This batch of goods has quality issues and needs to be returned to the manufacturer.
花样年境外债重组 终获债权人批准
huā yàng nián jìng wài zhài chóng zǔ zhōng huò zhài quán rén pī zhǔn
Fantasia's overseas debt restructuring was finally approved by creditors
公务员上相亲节目 夸大资产被批评教育
gōng wù yuán shàng xiāng qīn jié mù kuā dà zī chǎn bèi pī píng jiào yù
Civil servants on blind date shows are criticized for exaggerating assets and education
...电梯急坠事故 约20人受困5.5小时 大批游客滞留观景台
. . . diàn tī jí zhuì shì gù yuē 2 0 rén shòu kùn 5 . 5 xiǎo shí dà pī yóu kè zhì liú guàn jǐng tái
... Elevator crash about 20 people trapped for 5.5 hours A large number of tourists were stranded at the observation deck
“家门口”到“厂门口”,首批数百名来沪务工劳动者“..
jiā mén kǒu dào hǎn mén kǒu , shǒu pī shǔ bǎi míng lái hù wù gōng láo dòng zhě . .
From "doorstep" to "factory gate", the first batch of hundreds of migrant workers came to Shanghai":
浙江省政府批复同意!宁波一大学将设新学院
zhè jiāng shěng zhèng fǔ pī fù tóng yì ! nìng bō yī dà xué jiāng shè xīn xué yuàn
Zhejiang Provincial Government Approved and Agreed! A university in Ningbo will set up a new college
为什么不订些批萨呢?
Wèishénme bù dìng xiē pīsà ne?
Why don't we order pizza?
对严格限制经济的批评蜂拥而来。
Duì yángé xiànzhì jīngjì de pīpíng fēngyōng ér lái.
Critics are coming down hard on tightened economic restrictions.
不要对批评太敏感了。
Bù yào duì pīpíng tài mǐngǎn le.
Don't be too sensitive to criticism.
我今晚想吃些批萨。
Wǒ jīnwǎn xiǎng chī xiē pīsà.
I want to eat pizza tonight.
Character Family
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