Learn a Chinese Character - 疲 (Pí) - Tired; Fatigued

Chinese Character: (Pí - Tired; Fatigued)

1. 基本信息 (Character Basics)

部首:(Radical: 疒 (sickness radical), related to illness/tiredness)

笔画数: 10 (Number of strokes: 10)

结构分解: 形声字,从疒(与疾病/身体不适相关),皮声(pí,表音)。本义指身体劳累(如“疲倦”),引申为功能减弱(如“疲软”)或使疲劳(如“疲民”,古汉语用法)。(A phonetic-semantic character, combining "疒" (sickness radical) and "皮" (phonetic component). Originally refers to physical tiredness (e.g., "疲倦" - tired), extended to weakness (e.g., "疲软" - weak) or exhausting (e.g., "疲民" - exhaust people, archaic usage).)

笔顺:

Stroke Order Animation

2. 发音 (Pronunciation)

拼音:(Second tone)

3. 含义 (Meaning)

“疲”主要表示:
1. 形容词:身体或精神劳累(如“疲惫”);
2. 形容词:功能减弱(如“市场疲软”);
3. 动词:使疲劳(古汉语,如“疲于奔命”)。("疲" mainly means:
1. Adjective: Physically/mentally tired (e.g., "疲惫" - exhausted).
2. Adjective: Weak (e.g., "市场疲软" - weak market).
3. Verb: Exhaust (archaic, e.g., "疲于奔命" - be exhausted from rushing).)

4. 常用词汇 (Common Words)

5. 语法与用法 (Grammar & Usage)

“疲”多作形容词,常与“劳”“惫”等近义字并列(如“疲劳”“疲惫”);可受副词修饰(如“很疲”“非常疲惫”);作动词时多用于固定搭配(如“疲于应付”)。("疲" is mainly an adjective, often paired with similar characters like "劳" or "惫" (e.g., "疲劳" - tired, "疲惫" - exhausted). It can be modified by adverbs (e.g., "很疲" - very tired). As a verb, it's used in fixed phrases (e.g., "疲于应付" - be exhausted from dealing with).)

6. 文化背景 (Cultural Background)

“疲”在中医理论中与“气血不足”相关(如“脾虚则疲”);成语“精疲力尽”(exhausted)是日常高频表达;方言中“疲”有差异(如粤语“疲”发音pì),体现语言多样性。("疲" is related to "qi-blood deficiency" in traditional Chinese medicine (e.g., "脾虚则疲" - spleen deficiency causes tiredness). The idiom "精疲力尽" (exhausted) is commonly used. Dialect variations (e.g., Cantonese "pì") reflect linguistic diversity.)

7. 例句 (Example Sentence)

连续加班一周后,她回到家时已经疲惫得连饭都不想吃了。(Lián xù jiā bān yī zhōu hòu, tā huí dào jiā shí yǐ jīng pí bèi de lián fàn dōu bù xiǎng chī le.)
After working overtime for a week, she was so exhausted when she got home that she didn't even want to eat.

最近经济形势不好,房地产市场明显疲软,交易量大幅下降。(Zuì jìn jīng jì xíng shì bù hǎo, fáng dì chǎn shì chǎng míng xiǎn pí ruǎn, jiāo yì liàng dà fú xià jiàng.)
With the recent poor economic situation, the real estate market has weakened significantly, with a sharp drop in transaction volume.

8. 记忆技巧 (Memory Tips)

联想“疲”的结构:左边“疒”(病)表示身体不适,右边“皮”(皮肤)想象皮肤因劳累而失去活力,即可记住“疲”的核心含义是“疲倦、劳累”。(Associate "疲" with its structure: "疒" (sickness) on the left indicating physical discomfort, and "皮" (skin) on the right. Imagine skin losing vitality from tiredness to remember the core meaning "tired/exhausted".)

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