劈
pīpǐ HSK7

cut apart

劈 pī frequency
split verb
to hack, chop, or split open using a tool or physical force

他用力把木头劈成了两半。

tā yòng​lì bǎ mù​tou pī chéng le liǎng bàn.

He split the wood in half with force.

strike verb
to be struck by lightning

那棵老树在暴风雨中被雷劈了。

nà kē lǎo shù zài bào​fēng​yǔ zhōng bèi léi pī le.

The old tree was struck by lightning during the storm.

劈 pǐ
divide verb
to divide or partition

咱们把这项任务劈成两部分。

zán​men bǎ zhè xiàng rèn​wu pǐ chéng liǎng bù​fen.

Let's split this task into two parts.

split verb
to split something in two

木板太脆了，承受不住重压，一下就劈了。

mù​bǎn tài cuì le, chéng​shòu bù zhù zhòng​yā, yī​xià jiù pǐ le.

The board was too brittle to withstand the heavy pressure and split instantly.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,487th most common 19.4 per million
Movie subtitles
2,825th most common 4.63 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.68 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
12.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+5288

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