毗 (pí) · to adjoin, to border on, to assist

Meanings

1 to adjoin
2 to border on
3 to assist

Characters

毗

pí

to adjoin

Examples

HSK 6

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

usage

Mostly bound, appearing in 毗邻 ('to be adjacent to') and 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

Related Words

毗邻 pílín #31,648

to border on / to be adjacent to / to neighbor

毗连 pílián #95,654

to adjoin / to be adjacent to / to border on

毗湿奴 Píshīnú

Vishnu (Hindu deity) / the Preserver in the Hindu Trimurti

边境 biānjìng HSK 7-9 #4,628

frontier; border / border area; borderland

助 zhù #4,744

to help; to assist / to aid; to support

协助 xiézhù HSK 6 #3,426

to assist; to aid / to provide support

支援 zhīyuán HSK 7-9 #3,294

to provide support; to assist; to back up / support; reinforcements

界 jiè HSK 7-9 #3,039

boundary; border / realm; field; domain

援助 yuánzhù HSK 7-9 #5,737

to aid; to assist; to support / aid; assistance; relief

塞 sài #1,601

frontier fortress; strategic stronghold / pass; border outpost