白起

Bái Qǐ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Bai Qi (d. 257 BC), general of Qin, victor of the Battle of Changping

Examples

HSK 4
Bái Qǐ shì Qínguó de míngjiàng.
Bai Qi was a famous general of the state of Qin.
HSK 6
Zài Chángpíng zhī zhàn zhōng, Bái Qǐ dǎbài le Zhàoguó de jūnduì.
At the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi defeated the army of Zhao.

Tips

history
After Changping in 260 BC he is said to have buried alive some 400,000 Zhao soldiers who had surrendered, and he was later remembered as 人屠, 'the butcher'. He fell out with the King of Qin and was ordered to kill himself.

Stroke Order

白 bái
起 qǐ