匹
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) matching; comparable to
- 2.(bound form) alone; single; one of a pair
- 3.classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pī])
- 4.classifier for cloth: bolt
- 5.horsepower
- 1.variant of 匹[pǐ]
- 2.classifier for cloth: bolt
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Wiktionary
- 1.to match; to be equal
- 2.match; equal; opponent
- 3.mate; spouse
- 4.single; one
- 5.four zhang of cloth
- 6.Classifier for bolts of cloth.
- 7.Classifier for flat surfaces or objects (hillside, leaves, tiles, etc.).
- 8.Classifier for long, thin objects (bones, feathers, grass, bamboo strips, etc.).
- 9.Classifier for pieces or lumps (bricks, etc.).
- 10.Classifier for mountains.
- 11.a surname
- 12.Classifier for horses, donkeys, mules, etc.
- 13.Classifier for animals.
- 14.horsepower
- 15.BTU (energy unit)
- 16.baht; a Thai unit of currency
- 17.Used in transcription.
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Etymology
Uncertain. Various theories have been proposed based on the evidence from the bronze inscriptions: * Pictogram (象形) of folds in cloth (Lin, 1920); * Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pʰid): semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 乙 (OC *qriɡ) or 乀 (MC phjut). The phonetic component may be replaced with 匕 (OC *pilʔ) (not shown above); * Ideogram (指事): half of 丙 (“two horses”) – one horse (Zhang et al., 1996), but the origin of the character 丙 is also uncertain (for example, it could be the tail of a fish). Shuowen considers it to be an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pʰid): phonetic 八 (OC *preːd, “eight”) + semantic 匸 (“to conceal”) – unit of measuring cloth. 八 refers to eight folds in one 匹 of cloth (two bolts of cloth), and 匸 refers to concealing the two ends of the cloth when rolling it up. This interpretation is not likely since the older forms evidently do not contain these components. Uncertain. Possibly related to Khmer ពីរ (pii, “two”) or Mizo phîr (“double; forked; twin”) (Schuessler, 2007). Wang (1982) considers it to be cognate with 比 (OC *piʔ, “to compare; to match”), 媲 (OC *pʰiːs, “to match; to pair”). The meaning “four zhang of cloth” is probably a special application, but it is reminiscent of Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pV-lij (“four”) (ibid.).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我餓得像匹馬。
I'm as hungry as a horse.
這匹馬停下來不動了。
The horse stopped and wouldn't move.
这匹马有漂亮的大眼睛。
This horse has beautiful big eyes.
我在那匹馬下十美元的賭注。
I bet ten dollars on that horse.
我枪杀了那匹马，因为他已呼吸困难。
I shot the horse because it had trouble breathing.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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