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= bi + Ø4
king / monarch / to enlist / to repel / to avoid
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= pi + Ø4
law / variant of 闢|辟[pi4]
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= pi + Ø4
to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate
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How to pronounce 辟

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.

= bi initial

Bi is for Shield maiden and Valkyrie Brunhilde.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

辟 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
shī = sh + Ø1
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse
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shī = sh + Ø1
corpse
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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xīn = xi + (e)n1
surname Xin
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xīn = xi + (e)n1
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 辟 as component

= bi + Ø4
to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from
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wall / rampart
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= bi + Ø4
arm
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Words with 辟

to open up / to set up / to establish
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth
to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])

Sentences with 辟

辟 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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