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庳

Mandarin · pinyin bì

low-built house

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庳: bì · a low-built house

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4 · bi4

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bei1 · pei5

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(literary) low-lying
(literary) low; short
(historical dictionaries only) house low-lying in the middle

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only used in 有庳 (Yǒubì, “an ancient state in present-day north of Dao County, Hunan Province”)

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(historical dictionaries only) female quail
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 毗 (pí, “to help; to assist”)

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