披

pī

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

披 (pī) is a Chinese word meaning “to drape over one's shoulders”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to drape over one's shoulders
  2. to open
  3. to unroll
  4. to split open
  5. to spread out

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Example

天氣涼了,她披了一件外套。

It got cool, so she draped a jacket over her shoulders.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).