bēi = b + ei1
low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble
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How to pronounce 卑

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= b initial

B is for Beelzebub.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ei1 final

In front of the Eiffel Tower.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

卑 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
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丿
piě = pi + e3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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shí = sh + Ø2
ten / 10
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Characters with 卑 as component

= pi + Ø2
beer
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= pi + Ø2
spleen
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bēi = b + ei1
a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]
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Words with 卑

base / mean / contemptible / despicable
lowly / humble
base / mean / despicable

Sentences with 卑

卑 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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bēi

low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble

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