Chinese Word Entry

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin):
Cantonese (Jyutping): pat1, pat1
Definitions:
  1. (bound form) matching; comparable to

  2. (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair

  3. classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1])

  4. classifier for cloth: bolt

  5. horsepower


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Chinese characters used in this word

equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth, bolt of cloth, counter for horses
Readings
Mandarin: ㄆㄧˇ (pǐ), ㄆㄧ (pī)
Cantonese: pat1
Japanese: ヒツ (hitsu)、 ヒキ (hiki) / ひき (hiki)、 たぐい (tagui)、 たぐう (taguu)
Korean: 필 (pil), 목 (mog)
Vietnamese: thất
Variants
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