HSK 5 · Function Words

匹 pǐ “measure word for horses and bolts of cloth” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 匹 means

  1. measure word for horses and bolts of cloth
  2. (bound form) matching
  3. comparable to
  4. (bound form) alone
  5. single
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • one of a pair
  • classifier for horses, mules etc
  • classifier for cloth: bolt
  • horsepower

How to say 匹

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale匹pǐ3rd tone, dipping

匹 in a sentence

  1. 只有四匹马参加了比赛。

    Zhǐyǒu sì pǐ mǎ cānjiā le bǐsài.

    Only four horses took part in the race.

    Sentence #3862142 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 可以让我骑一会儿这匹马吗？

    Kěyǐ ràng wǒ qí yíhuìr zhè pǐ mǎ ma?

    Can I ride this horse for a little while?

    Sentence #380730 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这匹马有漂亮的大眼睛。

    Zhè pǐ mǎ yǒu piàoliang de dà yǎnjing.

    This horse has beautiful big eyes.

    Sentence #782242 from Tatoeba

How 匹 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 匹 (pǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
匹pǐmatching; comparable to
  • 匸hiding · xì
  • 儿legs · ér

How to write 匹

匹 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 匹

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FAQs

匹 (pǐ) means “measure word for horses and bolts of cloth” or “(bound form) matching”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it pǐ: pǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 匹 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 匹 from the suggestions. Typing pi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
匹 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.