HSK 6 · Body

疲惫 píbèi “exhausted” in Chinese

Traditional 疲憊

What 疲惫 means

  1. exhausted
  2. worn out
  3. beaten
  4. tired

How to say 疲惫

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疲pí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale惫bèi4th tone, falling

疲惫 in a sentence

  1. 我很疲惫。

    Wǒ hěn píbèi.

    I’m exhausted.

    Sentence #10058468 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我因为时差而感到疲惫。

    Wǒ yīnwèi shíchā ér gǎndào píbèi.

    I feel exhausted because of jet lag.

    Sentence #3701769 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这个女士看起来很悲伤，也很疲惫。

    Zhè ge nǚshì kànqǐlai hěn bēishāng, yě hěn píbèi.

    The woman looks sad and very tired.

    Sentence #336686 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 疲惫 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 疲 (pí) with each of its parts in a different colour
疲píweary
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 皮skin · píSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 皮 (pí) hints at the sound. Compare it with pí.

The character 惫 (bèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
惫bèiexhausted
  • 夂go · zhǐSound part
  • 思to think · sīMeaning part

思 hints at the meaning (to think); 夂 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with bèi.

How to write 疲惫

疲 10 strokes · 惫 12 strokes

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疲惫 (píbèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 疲惫 (píbèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 疲惫

Words with 疲

疲劳píláo · tired疲倦píjuàn · tired

More words: People, Body & Health

免疫miǎnyì · immunity膜mó · membrane目光mùguāng · gaze呕吐ǒutù · to vomit屁股pìgu · bottom疲倦píjuàn · tired器官qìguān · organ (of the body)气色qìsè · complexion

FAQs

疲惫 (píbèi) means “exhausted” or “worn out”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it píbèi: pí with a 2nd tone, then bèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 疲惫 is written 疲憊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pibei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 疲惫 from the suggestions. Typing pibei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
疲惫 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.