批 (pī): meaning and stroke order
批 (pī) means to ascertain, to act on, to criticize, to pass on.
批
- Simplified
- 批
- Traditional
- 批 (same form)
- Pinyin
- pī
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Stroke order of 批
批
- pī to ascertain; to act on
- 7 strokes
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Meaning of 批
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pī
- to ascertain
- to act on
- to criticize
- to pass on
- classifier for batches, lots, military flights
- tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
Radical and structure
- 批
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 7 strokes · 扌 on the left, 比 on the right
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Words with 批
- 批量 pī liàng batch; lot
- 批评 pī píng to criticize; criticism; CL:次[ci4],番[fan1]
批 in our stories
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单子上写着：“海兴号”船底有裂缝，必须马上修理。可是在下面，公司老板用红笔批了两个字：“缓修。”
dānzi shàng xiě zhe Hǎixīng hào chuándǐ yǒu lièfèng bìxū mǎshàng xiūlǐ kěshì zài xiàmiàn gōngsī lǎobǎn yòng hóng bǐ pī le liǎng gè zì huǎn xiū
It said the Haixing's hull was cracked and had to be repaired at once. But underneath, the company owner had written two words in red ink: "Delay repair."
From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 批
- The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).