Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
披
pī
Description
"披"这个字常常用来说把衣服搭在身上，不好好穿上。
The character "披" is often used to describe draping clothes over the body without properly wearing them.
比如天冷的时候，你可以披一件外套。
For example, when it's cold, you can披 a coat.
Meanings
披pī
to drape or throw on (clothes)
她披着一件红色的大衣。
She is wearing a red coat.
披pī
to open up; to spread out
他披开书，开始读。
He opened the book and started reading.
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Notes
- Nuance
披 means loosely draping clothes over the shoulders, unlike 穿 which means to put on properly.
- Etymology
original sense is to spread or open; extended to draping cloth over the body.
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