HSK 5 · Verbs

披 pī “to drape over one’s shoulders” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 披 means

  1. to drape over one’s shoulders
  2. to throw on (a coat)
  3. to open
  4. to unroll
  5. to split open
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to spread out

How to say 披

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale披pī1st tone, high and level

披 in a sentence

  1. 她披上一件外套，上了路。

    Tā pīshang yí jiàn wàitào, shàng le lù.

    She threw on a coat and set off.

    Sentence #12375604 from Tatoeba

  2. 这男孩是一头披着羊皮的狼。

    Zhè nánhái shì yì tóu pī zhe yángpí de láng.

    This boy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

    Sentence #835625 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 披 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 披 (pī) with each of its parts in a different colour
披pīto drape over one’s shoulders
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 皮skin · pí

How to write 披

披 8 strokes

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

Words related to 披

More words: Common Verbs

派pài · to send培养péiyǎng · to cultivate配合pèihé · to cooperate批pī · measure word for batches or groups飘piāo · to float (in the air)平衡pínghéng · balance平均píngjūn · average破坏pòhuài · to destroy

FAQs

披 (pī) means “to drape over one’s shoulders” or “to throw on (a coat)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it pī: pī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 披 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 披 from the suggestions. Typing pi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
披 is an HSK 5 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.