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  pek3 pik1   jyutping
  pi1 pi3   pinyin
[] pek3 pik1 | [] pi1
[1] [v] chop; cleave; hack; hew
[2] [prep] right against (one's face, chest, etc)
[3] [v] (of lightning) strike
[4] [n] [physics] wedge

[] pek3 pik1 | [] pi3
[1] [v] split up; break off; sever
[2] [v] split one's fingers/legs widely apart


Jyutping pik1 is literary reading; pek3 is the more popular colloquial version.
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: nounpreposition
Stroke count: 15
Level: 2
Radical: (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 6954 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2011 04:41

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detail  pek3 caai4  pi3 chai5 = to split firewood; kindling, firewood
detail  pek3 laan6   = to split; to rend
detail  pek3 seoi3   = to split; to rend
detail  pek3 hoi1  pi3 kai1 = to cleave; to split apart
detail  leoi4 pek3   = thunderclap
detail  pek3 jau5*2   = triad fighting
detail  pek3 zau2   = to drink (a lot) of alcohol; binge drinking (lit., "chop alcohol")
detail  pek3 paau3   = to resign
detail  siu2 sam1 bei2 leoi4 pek3   = warning someone that they will need to pay for something that they've done bad
detail  pek3 be1   = to go drink [beer]
See all 16 compounds (CantoDict reports 15 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 2 examples containing 劈
detail audio 劈炮唔撈
I'm not working anymore
[I resigned]
detail 琴晚劈酒醉醉地
You got pretty drunk last night.
[Lit. you yesterday evening binge-alcohol binge-arrive drunk-ish]

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