壁 bì
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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
bì
noun
a partition
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '壁' n 2) -
bì
noun
a side; an edge
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '壁' n 5) -
bì
verb
to stay at; to reside at
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '壁' v)
Contained in
- 壁虎 gecko; house lizard
- 戈壁沙漠 Gobi Desert
- 壁上红旗飘落照(壁上紅旗飄落照) on streaming banners red, departing sunbeams fall
- 影壁 spirit screen ; a sculpture or painting on a wall
- 面壁 to devote oneself to study or work
- 飞墙走壁(飛牆走壁) running up and over the wall as if flying
- 戈壁荒滩(戈壁荒灘) barren sands of the Gobi desert
- 峭壁 precipice; cliff
- 戈壁滩(戈壁灘) Gobi desert
- 腔壁 cavity wall
- 壁助 help; assistant
- 壁球 squash
- 干壁(乾壁) drywall
- 凿壁偷光(鑿壁偷光) to pierce the wall to steal a light; to study diligently in the face of hardship
- 板壁 wooden partition
- 壁经(壁經) classic texts stored in the wall ; classic texts carved in stone
- 壁癌 persistent mold on the wall; efflorescence
- 伊壁鸠鲁(伊壁鳩魯) Epicurus
- 红翅旋壁雀(紅翅旋壁雀) wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
- 正壁 the back wall; the rear wall
- 壁橱(壁櫥) a built-in wardrobe or cupboard; closet
- 壁中书(壁中書) texts stored in the wall
- 碰壁 to hit a wall; fig. to run up against a snag
- 悬崖绝壁(懸崖絕壁) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
- 侧壁(側壁) side wall
- 子宫壁(子宮壁) wall of the uterus
- 向壁虚造(向壁虛造) facing a wall, an imaginary construction; baseless fabrication
- 悬崖峭壁(懸崖峭壁) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
- 赤壁之战(赤壁之戰) Battle of Redcliff
- 高壁深堑(高壁深塹) a high wall and a deep moat
- 隔壁老王 Mr Wang from next door
- 壁炉(壁爐) fireplace
- 鹤壁(鶴壁) Hebi
- 坚壁清野(堅壁清野) to fortify defenses and raze the fields; to leave nothing for the invader; scorched earth policy
- 壁挂(壁掛) wall hanging
- 绝壁(絕壁) precipice
- 壁报(壁報) wall newspaper
- 戈壁 Gobi (desert)
- 颓垣断壁(頹垣斷壁) crumbling fences and dilapidated walls
- 壁柱 a pilaster
- 壁效应(壁效應) wall effect
- 半壁江山 half of the country (especially when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)
- 面壁思过(面壁思過) to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds; to stand in the corner (punishment)
- 赵壁(趙壁) a precious gemstone from Zhao
- 壁立 (of cliffs etc) stand like a wall; rise steeply
Also contained in
呼图壁 、 赤壁赋 、 赤壁市 、 赤壁 、 扶篱摸壁 、 小赤壁
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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
- 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — 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
- 卷三十九 本紀第三十九: 順帝二 Volume 39 Annals 39: Shundi 2 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 屋壁 (屋壁) 今貴富人大賈屋壁得爲帝服 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 4