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比萨 (bǐ sà) — pizza

Definition

noun
pizza
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 比萨。
    Wǒ men diǎn le yí gè dà bǐ sà.
    We ordered a large pizza.
  • 比萨。
    Zhè jiā diàn de bǐ sà hěn hǎo chī.
    The pizza at this restaurant is delicious.
  • 比萨。
    Tā měi cì qù yì dà lì dōu chī dāng dì bǐ sà.
    Every time he goes to Italy, he eats local pizza.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

  • 匕匕bǐ
  • 匕匕bǐ

比 is two 匕 placed side by side. Chu Wan-li treats both as sound parts, while an old reading takes the side-by-side arrangement as putting things next to each other.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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