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敝
Mandarin · pinyin bì
Meanings
- my (polite)
- poor
- ruined
- shabby
- worn out
- defeated
Characters in this entry
- 敝
- bì · break, destroy; broken, tattered
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Mandarin tones
4 · bi4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bai6
Cantonese word readings for 敝. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- (polite) my; our
- (literary) worn-out; shabby; tattered
- (literary) decayed; corrupted
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tired; fatigued
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fail; to be defeated
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to break; to destroy
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 弊 (bì, “fault; defect; drawback”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蔽 (bì, “to cover; to shield; to deceive”)
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