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陂

Mandarin · pinyin bēi#

pool
pond
bank of a pond
mountain slope
Taiwan pr. pí

Mandarin · pinyin pí#

used in 黃陂 Huáng pí (the name of a place in Hubei)

Mandarin · pinyin pō#

rugged
uneven

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陂: pí · dam, embankment; reservoir

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1 · bei1

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bei1 · bei3 · bo1 · pei4 · po1

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(literary) hillside; hillslope
(literary) pool; pond
(literary) bank of a pond

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Used in place names.

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only used in 陂陀 (pōtuó)

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) slanting; crooked; oblique

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