壁 bì

1. bì noun wall
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '壁'; Guoyu '壁' n 1; Kroll 2015 '壁' 1, p. 16; Unihan '壁'; XHZD '壁' 1, pp. 40-41)
2. bì noun a cliff
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '壁' n 3; Kroll 2015 '壁' 2, p. 16; XHZD '壁' 2, pp. 40-41)
3. bì noun a rampart
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '壁'; Guoyu '壁' n 4; Kroll 2015 '壁' 3, p. 16; XHZD '壁' 3, pp. 40-41)
4. bì proper noun Bi
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Name of a star constellation (Guoyu '壁' n 6; Kroll 2015 '壁' 4, p. 16; XHZD '壁' 4, pp. 40-41)
5. bì noun a partition
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '壁' n 2)
6. bì noun a side; an edge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '壁' n 5)
7. bì verb to stay at; to reside at
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '壁' v)

Contained in

• 壁球 squash
• 壁效应(壁效應) wall effect
• 壁龛(壁龕) a niche in a wall
• 正壁 the back wall; the rear wall
• 墙壁(牆壁) wall
• 影壁 spirit screen ; a sculpture or painting on a wall
• 伊壁鸠鲁(伊壁鳩魯) Epicurus
• 阴道棕榈状壁(陰道棕櫚狀壁) palmate folds of cervical canal; plicae palmatae canalis cervicis uteri
• 高壁深堑(高壁深塹) a high wall and a deep moat
• 壁垒(壁壘) a rampart; a barrier
• 半壁江山 half of the country (especially when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)
• 戈壁沙漠 Gobi Desert
• 绝壁(絕壁) precipice
• 壁垒一新(壁壘一新) to have one's defenses in good order
• 隔壁有耳 walls have ears
• 壁癌 persistent mold on the wall; efflorescence
• 壁炉(壁爐) fireplace
• 凿壁偷光(鑿壁偷光) to pierce the wall to steal a light; to study diligently in the face of hardship
• 壁虱 tick; bedbug
• 戈壁滩(戈壁灘) Gobi desert
• 戳壁脚(戳壁腳) to criticize behind somebody's back; back-biting
• 壁橱(壁櫥) a built-in wardrobe or cupboard; closet
• 家徒四壁 with only four bare walls for a home; very poor; wretched
• 壁助 help; assistant
• 腔壁 cavity wall
• 向壁虚造(向壁虛造) facing a wall, an imaginary construction; baseless fabrication
• 四壁萧然(四壁蕭然) four bare walls
• 干壁(乾壁) drywall
• 壁立千仞 towering a thousand ren [fathoms] high
• 鹤壁市(鶴壁市) Hebi city
• 壁虎 gecko; house lizard
• 壁报(壁報) wall newspaper
• 一壁厢(一壁廂) one side
• 关税壁垒(關稅壁壘) tariff wall
• 体壁(體壁) integument
• 腹壁 abdominal wall
• 赤壁之战(赤壁之戰) Battle of Redcliff
• 向壁虚构(向壁虛構) facing a wall, an imaginary construction; baseless fabrication
• 壁纸(壁紙) wallpaper
• 傍人篱壁(傍人籬壁) to depend on others
• 壁经(壁經) classic texts stored in the wall ; classic texts carved in stone
• 残垣断壁(殘垣斷壁) crumbling fences and dilapidated walls
• 间壁(間壁) next door ; partition wall
• 面壁 to devote oneself to study or work
• 壁挂(壁掛) wall hanging
• 隔壁老王 Mr Wang from next door

Also contained in

赤壁县 、 呼图壁县 、 赤壁市 、 九龙壁 、 后壁

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二十六 志第二 天文二 Volume 26 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 65
• 卷四十九　志第二:　　天文二 Volume 49 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 50
• 卷四十八　志第一:　　天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 49
• 卷一百八十八　　列傳第一百十三 楊時朱孫 Volume 188 Biographies 113: Yang, Shi, Zhu and grandsons New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 20
• 卷五十八 志第十一 天文十一 Volume 58 Treatises 11: Astronomy 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 15
• 卷二百一十 列傳第一百三十五 藩鎮魏博 Volume 210 Biographies 135: Buffer Region Weibo New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 13
• 卷二百二十五下 列傳第一百五十下 逆臣下 Volume 225c Biographies 150c: Rebellious Ministers 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 13
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
• 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 12
• 卷二百二十四下 列傳第一百四十九下 叛臣下 Volume 224b Biographies 149b: Treasonous Ministers 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 12

Collocations

• 东壁 (東壁) 昏東壁中 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 23
• 入壁 (入壁) 遂走還入壁 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 9
• 空壁 (空壁) 必空壁逐我 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin — count: 7
• 壁中 (壁中) 昏東壁中 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 7
• 深壁 (深壁) 王深壁 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 7
• 棘壁 (棘壁) 破棘壁 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《楚元王世家》 House of Prince Yuan of Chu — count: 6
• 壁门 (壁門) 亞夫乃傳言開壁門 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《絳侯周勃世家》 House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang — count: 6
• 垒壁 (壘壁) 復使卒急為壘壁 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備城門 Book 14 - Fortification of the City Gate — count: 6
• 屋壁 (屋壁) 今貴富人大賈屋壁得爲帝服 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 壁逐 (壁逐) 必空壁逐我 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin — count: 4