彼
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that; those; (one) another
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 彳 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 彼
- Common rank
- #1,759
- Unicode
- U+5F7C
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
the other · Heisig RSH #1999
queue + 皮 covering
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 彼
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彼一时，此一时 | see 此一時，彼一時|此一时，彼一时[ci3 yi1 shi2 , bi3 yi1 shi2] | |
| 此一时，彼一时 | that was then, this is now; times have changed | |
| 彼一时此一时 | that was one thing, and this is another; times have changed | |
| 卡特彼勒公司 | Caterpillar Inc. | |
| 彼拉提斯 | Pilates (physical fitness system) (Tw) | |
| 彼得罗维奇 | Petrovich (name) | |
| 彼得后书 | Second Epistle of Peter (in New Testament) | |
| 彼得前书 | First Epistle of Peter (in New Testament) | |
| 彼拉多 | Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story) | |
| 彼得格勒 | Petrograd (former name of Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡[Sheng4 bi3 de2 bao3]) | |
| 不分彼此 | to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom); to share eve… | |
| 圣彼得 | Saint Peter | |
| 阿彼雅 | Abijah (biblical name) | |
| 此起彼落 | to rise and fall in succession (idiom); repeating continuously | |
| 蒙彼利埃 | Montpellier (French town) | |
| 此消彼长 | (idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (a… | |
| 知己知彼，百战不殆 | know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "Th… | |
| 知彼知己，百战不殆 | knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, fr… | |
| 知己知彼 | know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bi… | |
| 知彼知己 | to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War") |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 皮 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮 sound part | skin, hide, fur, feathers | |
| 波 | waves, ripples, breakers; undulations | |
| 破 | to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy | |
| 被 | bedding; a passive particle meaning "by" | |
| 坡 | slope, hillside, embankment | |
| 玻 | glass | |
| 疲 | weak, tired, exhausted | |
| 颇 | rather, quite; partial, biased | |
| 陂 | dam, embankment; reservoir | |
| 簸 | dustpan; to winnow, to toss | |
| 跛 | lame | |
| 帔 | cape, robe, skirt | |
| 铍 | beryllium |