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Usage of the character 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)