彼
that; those; (one) another
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,759 U+5F7C
How 彼 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
彳 (semantic, “step”) + 皮 (phonetic, pí)
How to remember it
the other · Heisig RSH #1999
queue + 皮 covering
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 皮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 皮 (pí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮 sound component | pí | skin, hide, fur, feathers |
| 波 | bō | waves, ripples, breakers; undulations |
| 破 | pò | to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy |
| 被 | bèi | bedding; a passive particle meaning "by" |
| 坡 | pō | slope, hillside, embankment |
| 玻 | bō | glass |
| 疲 | pí | weak, tired, exhausted |
| 颇 | pō | rather, quite; partial, biased |
| 陂 | bēi | dam, embankment; reservoir |
| 簸 | bǒ | dustpan; to winnow, to toss |
| 跛 | bǒ | lame |
| 帔 | pèi | cape, robe, skirt |
| 铍 | pí | beryllium |
Words containing 彼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彼一时，此一时 | bǐ yī shí , cǐ yī shí | 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 | cǐ yī shí , bǐ yī shí | that was then, this is now; times have changed |
| 彼一时此一时 | bǐ yī shí cǐ yī shí | that was one thing, and this is another; times have changed |
| 卡特彼勒公司 | Kǎ tè bǐ lè gōng sī | Caterpillar Inc. |
| 彼拉提斯 | Bǐ lā tí sī | Pilates (physical fitness system) (Tw) |
| 彼得罗维奇 | Bǐ dé luó wéi qí | Petrovich (name) |
| 彼得后书 | Bǐ dé Hòu shū | Second Epistle of Peter (in New Testament) |
| 彼得前书 | Bǐ dé qián shū | First Epistle of Peter (in New Testament) |
| 彼拉多 | Bǐ lā duō | Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story) |
| 彼得格勒 | Bǐ dé gé lè | Petrograd (former name of Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡[Sheng4 bi3 de2 bao3]) |
| 不分彼此 | bù fēn bǐ cǐ | to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom); to share eve… |
| 圣彼得 | Shèng bǐ dé | Saint Peter |
| 阿彼雅 | Ā bǐ yǎ | Abijah (biblical name) |
| 此起彼落 | cǐ qǐ bǐ luò | to rise and fall in succession (idiom); repeating continuously |
| 蒙彼利埃 | Méng bǐ lì āi | Montpellier (French town) |
| 此消彼长 | cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng | (idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (a… |
| 知己知彼，百战不殆 | zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài | 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 | zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài | knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, fr… |
| 知己知彼 | zhī jǐ zhī bǐ | 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 | zhī bǐ zhī jǐ | to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War") |