/ bēi /
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 黄陂) a district in Wuhan, Hubei

Examples

HSK 2
Tā shì Huángpí rén.
He is from Huangpi.
HSK 3
Huángpí Qū zài Wǔhàn běibù.
Huangpi District is in the north of Wuhan.

Tips

usage
Read only in the Wuhan district name 黄陂. For a pond, use .

Components

radical
mound; hill
Left-side mound radical (the side form of ). It marks earthworks and slopes - here the raised bank that holds in a pond.
phonetic
skin; (here) sound
Right side supplies the sound; it is the phonetic in a family including and , which is why this character has the bēi / pō readings.

Stroke Order