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= bi + Ø4
my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated
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How to pronounce 敝

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

敝 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
= mi + Ø3
rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)
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radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]
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= pu + Ø1
variant of 攴[pu1]
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Characters with 敝 as component

= bi + Ø4
to cover / to shield / to screen / to conceal
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= bi + Ø4
detriment / fraud / harm / defeat
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piē = pi + e1
to cast away / to fling aside
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Words with 敝

impoverished / destitute / hard / depressed (of business) / tattered / ragged
worn-out shoes / a worthless thing
to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)

Sentences with 敝

敝 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 敝 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated

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