匹 (pǐ)
measure word for horses, mules, or bolts of cloth
How 匹 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匚 — box
- Traditional
- 匹
- Simplified
- 匹 (unchanged)
Components
- 匚 box
- 儿 legs
匹 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- pī
- mate; one of a pair
- pǐ
- classifier for horses, mules etc; Taiwan pr. [pi1]; ordinary person; classifier for cloth: bolt
Common words using 匹
- 匹配 pǐpèi
- to mate or marry; to match; matching
- 單槍匹馬 dānqiāngpǐmǎ
- lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single handed; unaccompanied
- 奧林匹克 àolínpǐkè
- Olympic
- 阿司匹林 āsīpǐlín
- aspirin
- 馬匹 mǎpǐ
- horse
- 匹夫 pǐfū
- ordinary man; ignorant person; coarse fellow
- 匹敵 pǐdí
- to be equal to; to be well-matched; rival
- 匹茲堡 pǐzībǎo
- Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
- 奧林匹亞 àolínpǐyà
- Olympia (Greece)
- 布匹 bùpǐ
- cloth (by the yard)
- 阿斯匹林 āsīpǐlín
- also written 阿司匹林; aspirin
匹 in a sentence
他在農場養了一匹馬。
Tā zài nóngchǎng yǎng le yì pǐ mǎ.
“He raised a horse on the farm.”
How common is 匹?
匹 is the 1,905th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.8% of all running text.
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