Dong Chinese dictionary

bǐ

so that

Components

亻 Unknown component

rén

person

卑 Sound component

bēi

humble, inferior

Evolution

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bǐ

so that, in order that; to cause; (Cant.) to give (synonymous with Mandarin 給); to enable; phonetic bi; Taiwan pr. [bì]

Most common words with 俾

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	俾	to cause
	俾斯麦	Bismarck (name)
	俾格米	Pygmy
	俾利	to facilitate
	俾昼作夜	to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

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