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pí
verb #51,968

Meanings

  1. 1 to adjoin
  2. 2 to border on
  3. 3 to assist

Examples

两省毗邻，贸易往来密切。
Liǎng shěng pílín, màoyì wǎnglái mìqiè.
The two provinces border each other and have close trade ties.
我们公司的仓库与火车站毗连。
Wǒmen gōngsī de cāngkù yǔ huǒchēzhàn pílián.
Our company's warehouse adjoins the railway station.

Tips

usage
Mostly bound, appearing in 毗邻 (毗邻, 'to be adjacent to') and 毗连 (毗连, 'to adjoin'). These are formal/written words for places sharing a border.

Components

semantic
田 tián
field
田 (field) sits on the left. Bordering and adjoining are naturally pictured through neighboring fields, giving the 'sharing an edge' sense.
phonetic
比 bǐ
to compare; side by side
比 supplies the sound (bǐ shifting to pí) and faintly reinforces the meaning: 比 depicts two figures side by side, echoing the 'lying alongside / adjoining' idea.

Stroke Order

毗 pí