Usage of the character 壁
bì
壁
[壁]
- wall
- rampart
bìlì
壁立
[壁立]
- (of cliffs etc) stand like a wall
- rise steeply
pèngbì
碰壁
[碰壁]
- to hit a wall
- (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face
wùbì
坞壁
[塢壁]
- small fortress; fortified compound
bìdōng
壁咚
[壁咚]
- (slang) to kabedon; to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall (loanword from Japanese 壁ドン "kabedon")
qiāngbì
腔壁
[腔壁]
- cavity wall
Chìbì
赤壁
[赤壁]
- Chibi, county-level city in Xianning 咸寧市/咸宁市 ( Xiánníngshì), Hubei
- Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區/黄州区 ( Huángzhōuqū) of Huanggang city 黃岡/黄冈 ( Huánggāng), Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208
Hèbì
鹤壁
[鶴壁]
- Hebi prefecture-level city in Henan
bìsāi
壁塞
[壁塞]
- wall plug
- screw anchor
bǎnbì
板壁
[板壁]
- wooden partition
dǒubì
陡壁
[陡壁]
- steep cliff
- precipice
- vertical slope
bìlú
壁炉
[壁爐]
- fireplace
Gēbì
戈壁
[戈壁]
- Gobi (desert)
bì'ái
壁癌
[壁癌]
- persistent mold on the wall
- efflorescence
cèbì
侧壁
[側壁]
- side wall
bìkān
壁龛
[壁龕]
- niche (in a wall)
qiángbì
墙壁
[牆壁]
- wall
bìbào
壁报
[壁報]
- wall newspaper
bìhǔ
壁虎
[壁虎]
- gecko; house lizard
fùbì
腹壁
[腹壁]
- abdominal wall
juébì
绝壁
[絕壁]
- precipice
bìxiāng
壁厢
[壁廂]
- lateral
- side
- to the side
- beside
miànbì
面壁
[面壁]
- to face the wall
- to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism)
- (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
tǐbì
体壁
[體壁]
- integument (biology)
qiàobì
峭壁
[峭壁]
- cliff
- steep
- precipice
zhàobì
照壁
[照壁]
- a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy)
bìqiú
壁球
[壁球]
- squash (sport)
bìlěi
壁垒
[壁壘]
- rampart
- barrier
bìchú
壁橱
[壁櫥]
- a built-in wardrobe or cupboard
- closet
bìzhù
壁助
[壁助]
- help
- assistant
bìshī
壁虱
[壁虱]
- tick
- bedbug
gébì
隔壁
[隔壁]
- next door
- neighbor
bìdēng
壁灯
[壁燈]
- wall lamp
- bracket light
- CL:盞/盏 (zhǎn)
Hòubì
后壁
[後壁]
- Houbi, a district in Tainan 台南/台南 ( Táinán), Taiwan
jiānbì
坚壁
[堅壁]
- to cache; to hide supplies (from the enemy)
yībì
一壁
[一壁]
- at the same time; simultaneously; while
bìguà
壁挂
[壁掛]
- wall hanging
bìjià
壁架
[壁架]
- ledge
pòbì
破壁
[破壁]
- dilapidated wall
- to break through a wall
- (fig.) to break through
- (biotechnology) to disrupt cell walls
- cell disruption
bìtǎn
壁毯
[壁毯]
- tapestry (used as a wall hanging)
chángbì
肠壁
[腸壁]
- wall of intestine
- lining of gut
jiànbì
间壁
[間壁]
- next door
- partition wall
bìhuà
壁画
[壁畫]
- mural (painting)
- fresco
zhàngbì
障壁
[障壁]
- barrier
yábì
崖壁
[崖壁]
- escarpment
- precipice
- cliff
yǐngbì
影壁
[影壁]
- spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture)
bìzhǐ
壁纸
[壁紙]
- wallpaper
Xiǎochìbì
小赤壁
[小赤壁]
- Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭 ( Bìtán), Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan
chuōbìjiǎo
戳壁脚
[戳壁腳]
- to criticize behind sb's back
- back-biting
bìxiàoyìng
壁效应
[壁效應]
- wall effect
Chìbìxiàn
赤壁县
[赤壁縣]
- Chibi county in Xianning 咸寧市/咸宁市 ( Xiánníngshì), Hubei
Hèbìshì
鹤壁市
[鶴壁市]
- Hebi prefecture-level city in Henan
zǐgōngbì
子宫壁
[子宮壁]
- wall of the uterus
Hūtúbì
呼图壁
[呼圖壁]
- Hutubi county in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang
Gēbìtān
戈壁滩
[戈壁灘]
- Gobi desert
bìwǎngqiú
壁网球
[壁網球]
- jai alai (sports)
yībìxiāng
一壁厢
[一壁廂]
- see 一壁 (yībì)
xìbāobì
细胞壁
[細胞壁]
- cell wall
pòbìjī
破壁机
[破壁機]
- high-speed blender
Chìbìshì
赤壁市
[赤壁市]
- Chibi, county-level city in Xianning 咸寧市/咸宁市 ( Xiánníngshì), Hubei
- Chibi or Redcliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區/黄州区 ( Huángzhōuqū) of Huanggang city 黃岡/黄冈 ( Huánggāng), Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Redcliff of 208
sìbìxiāorán
四壁萧然
[四壁蕭然]
- four bare walls
Hūtúbìxiàn
呼图壁县
[呼圖壁縣]
- Hutubi county in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang
duànbìcányuán
断壁残垣
[斷壁殘垣]
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
bìlěiyīxīn
壁垒一新
[壁壘一新]
- to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
bànbìhéshān
半壁河山
[半壁河山]
- see 半壁江山 (bànbìjiāngshān)
xuányáqiàobì
悬崖峭壁
[懸崖峭壁]
- sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
Gēbìhuāngtān
戈壁荒滩
[戈壁荒灘]
- barren sands of the Gobi desert
záobìtōuguāng
凿壁偷光
[鑿壁偷光]
- lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
- fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
bìlěisēnyán
壁垒森严
[壁壘森嚴]
- closely guarded
- strongly fortified
- sharply divided
tóngqiángtiěbì
铜墙铁壁
[銅牆鐵壁]
- copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
Yībìjiūlǔ
伊壁鸠鲁
[伊壁鳩魯]
- Epicurus (341-270 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
xiàngbìxūzào
向壁虚造
[向壁虛造]
- facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
duànbìtuíyuán
断壁颓垣
[斷壁頹垣]
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
Chìbìzhī Zhàn
赤壁之战
[赤壁之戰]
- Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區/黄州区 ( Huángzhōuqū) of Huanggang city 黃岡/黄冈 ( Huánggāng), a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 ( Cáo Cāo) at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu
- famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義/三国演义 ( Sānguó Yǎnyì)
xuányájuébì
悬崖绝壁
[懸崖絕壁]
- sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
jiātúsìbì
家徒四壁
[家徒四壁]
- lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
- fig. very poor
- wretched
guānshuìbìlěi
关税壁垒
[關稅壁壘]
- tariff wall
cányuánbàibì
残垣败壁
[殘垣敗壁]
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
cányuánduànbì
残垣断壁
[殘垣斷壁]
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
fēiyánzǒubì
飞檐走壁
[飛檐走壁]
- to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts)
gébìlínjū
隔壁邻居
[隔壁鄰居]
- next-door neighbor
bàngrénlíbì
傍人篱壁
[傍人籬壁]
- to depend on others
xiàngbìxūgòu
向壁虚构
[向壁虛構]
- facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
duànyuáncánbì
断垣残壁
[斷垣殘壁]
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
jiānbìqīngyě
坚壁清野
[堅壁清野]
- to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
- scorched earth policy
bànbìjiāngshān
半壁江山
[半壁江山]
- half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)
- vast swathe of territory
Gēbì Shāmò
戈壁沙漠
[戈壁沙漠]
- Gobi Desert
gébìyǒu'ěr
隔壁有耳
[隔壁有耳]
- walls have ears
màoyìbìlěi
贸易壁垒
[貿易壁壘]
- trade barrier
miànbìsīguò
面壁思过
[面壁思過]
- to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds
- to stand in the corner (punishment)
- (fig.) to examine one's conscience
tuíyuánduànbì
颓垣断壁
[頹垣斷壁]
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
gébì Lǎo Wáng
隔壁老王
[隔壁老王]
- Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)
hóngchìxuánbìquè
红翅旋壁雀
[紅翅旋壁雀]
- (bird species of China) wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)