辟
bìpì HSK7

law

辟 bì frequency
avoid verb
to avoid or repel (used as a variant of 避 bì)

民间相传端午挂艾草可以辟瘴气。

mín​jiān xiāng​chuán Duān​wǔ guà ài​cǎo kě​yǐ bì zhàng​qì.

Folklore says that hanging mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival can ward off miasma.

monarch verb
a king or monarch

在古代，天子也被尊称为辟。

zài gǔ​dài, tiān​zǐ yě bèi zūn​chēng wéi bì.

In ancient times, the emperor was also respectfully called 'Bi'.

summon verb
to summon to official service by a sovereign

他被皇帝召辟为当地的官员。

tā bèi huáng​dì zhào bì wéi dāng​dì de guān​yuán.

He was summoned and appointed as a local official by the emperor.

辟 (闢) pì
incisive adjective
penetrating or sharp, typically used in bound forms to describe analysis or arguments

这篇文章对社会问题的分析极其透辟。

zhè piān wén​zhāng duì shè​huì wèn​tí de fēn​xī jí​qí tòu pì.

The analysis of social issues in this article is extremely penetrating.

open up verb
to open a door or to clear and develop land for use

他在院子里辟出一小块空地种花。

tā zài yuàn​zi lǐ pì chū yī xiǎo kuài kòng​dì zhòng huā.

He cleared a small plot of land in the yard to plant flowers.

refute verb
to dispel, refute, or repudiate a statement, rumor, or belief

专家对这种错误的理论进行了辟斥。

zhuān​jiā duì zhè zhǒng cuò​wù de lǐ​lùn jìn​xíng le pì chì.

Experts refuted this erroneous theory.

辟 pì
penal law noun

古代刑法中，大辟是最重的刑罚。

gǔ​dài xíng​fǎ zhōng, dà​pì shì zuì zhòng de xíng​fá.

In ancient criminal law, 'Da Pi' was the most severe punishment.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,140th most common 30.4 per million
Movie subtitles
3,244th most common 2.33 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.830 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
6.17 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
闢
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+8F9F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)