劈
Meanings · pek3
- to hack
- to chop
- to split open
- (of lightning) to strike
- right against
- a wedge
- to sever
- to break off
- to open one's fingers
- legs wide apart
- to chop up
- to hit
- to attack with a knife or chopper
- to consume a large quantity of alcohol
Meanings · pek6
- to hack
- to chop
- to split open
- (of lightning) to strike
- right against
- a wedge
- to sever
- to break off
- to open one's fingers
- legs wide apart
- to chop up
- to hit
- to attack with a knife or chopper
- to consume a large quantity of alcohol
Meanings · pik1
- to hack
- to chop
- to split open
- (of lightning) to strike
- right against
- a wedge
- to sever
- to break off
- to open one's fingers
- legs wide apart
- to chop up
- to hit
- to attack with a knife or chopper
- to consume a large quantity of alcohol
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Reading difference from Unihan
- 劈 has the reading pek3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is pik1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 劈 pek3 as its own entry.
Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 劈 pī CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike
- 劈 pǐ CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto split in two; to divide
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: pi1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 13 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
pek3 · pek6 · pik1
Cantonese word readings for 劈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- to slit; to chop; to cleave
- to crack; to split open
- (dialectal, of voice) to become hoarse
- to be right against (one's head, face, etc.)
- (of lightning) to strike; to destroy
- wedge
- (fencing) to cut; to deliver an attack with a chopping motion, landing on the edge or tip of the weapon
- (fencing) a cut
- to divide; to split
- to break off; to strip off
- (Cantonese) to cut down prices sharply
- (Cantonese) to drink large amount of alcohol
- (Cantonese) to drive at high speed
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