碑
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a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele; CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]
Formation & memory
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Words with 碑
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口碑流传 | widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation | |
| 罗塞塔石碑 | Rosetta Stone | |
| 高碑店市 | Gaobeidian, a county-level city in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 碑林区 | Beilin, a district of Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 无字碑 | stone tablet without inscription; blank stele | |
| 树碑立传 | lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom); to monumentalize; to glorify; to sing… | |
| 人民英雄纪念碑 | Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square | |
| 口碑载道 | lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere; universal approbation | |
| 碑座儿 | erhua variant of 碑座[bei1 zuo4] | |
| 里程碑 | milestone | |
| 五人墓碑记 | Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating fiv… | |
| 高碑店 | see 高碑店市[Gao1 bei1 dian4 Shi4] | |
| 白碑 | stone tablet without inscription; blank stele | |
| 碑文 | inscription on a tablet | |
| 口碑 | public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom | |
| 石碑 | stele; stone tablet (for inscription); CL:方[fang1] | |
| 碑石 | stele; vertical stone tablet for carved inscriptions | |
| 方尖碑 | obelisk | |
| 碑林 | Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an); Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 有口皆碑 | every voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卑 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑 sound part | humble, low, inferior; to despise | |
| 牌 | card, game piece; placard, signboard, tablet | |
| 鹎 | bulbul, songbird; Pycnonotidae | |
| 啤 | beer | |
| 脾 | spleen, pancreas; temper, disposition | |
| 俾 | so that, in order that; to cause | |
| 稗 | darnels, weeds; small, insignificant | |
| 郫 | place name | |
| 蜱 | tick, mite | |
| 捭 | to open up, to spread out | |
| 睥 | to glare at; to look askance | |
| 埤 | to add, to increase; to attach; fence, wall | |
| 萆 | castor oil; the castor-oil plant | |
| 陴 | parapet; city wall |