披 (pī)
to drape over one's shoulders
How 披 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 披
- Simplified
- 披 (unchanged)
Components
- 扌 hand
- 皮 skin
Common words using 披
- 披薩 pīsà
- pizza
- 披星戴月 pīxīngdàiyuè
- to travel or work through night and day; to toil away for long hours
- 披肩 pījiān
- cape; shawl; (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
- 披露 pīlù
- to reveal; to publish; to make public
- 披靡 pīmǐ
- to be swept by the wind; to be blown about by the wind; to be routed (in battle etc)
- 披風 pīfēng
- cloak; cape
- 披巾 pījīn
- shawl
- 披掛 pīguà
- to put on a suit of armor; to put on dress; to wear
- 披星帶月 pīxīngdàiyuè
- to travel or work through night and day; to toil away for long hours; (also written 披星戴月[pi1 xing1 dai4 yue4])
- 披甲 pījiǎ
- to don armor
- 披紅 pīhóng
- to drape sb in red silk as a sign of honour
- 披索 pīsuǒ
- Peso (currency in Lat. Amer.); also written 比索[bi3 suo3]
披 in a sentence
天氣冷，披件外套再出去吧。
Tiānqì lěng, pī jiàn wàitào zài chūqù ba.
“It's cold; drape a coat over your shoulders before you go out.”
How common is 披?
披 is the 2,028th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.2% of all running text.
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