苹 (pín) — (literary) artemisia, a kind of fragrant herb; (literary) duckweed (same as 萍)
Definition
苹 (pín) is a literary/bound reading used in classical phrases like 食野之苹 ('eat the wild artemisia,' from the Shijing). Modern learners will mostly meet 苹 in 苹果 ('apple'), pronounced píng.
bound form
(literary) artemisiaa kind of fragrant herb(literary) duckweed (same as 萍)
Examples
- 《》“，苹”。《Shī jīng》 lǐ yǒu "yōu yōu lù míng, shí yě zhī pín".The Book of Songs says, 'The deer bleat 'yoo-yoo' and eat the wild artemisia.'
- 苹，萍。Chí táng lǐ zhǎng mǎn le fú pín, jiù shì cháng jiàn de fú píng.The pond is covered with duckweed, which is the common duckweed.
- “”pín。Hěn duō rén bù zhī dào "píng" hái yǒu pín zhè ge dú yīn.Many people don't know that 苹 also has the reading pín.
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