媲 pì to rival
to rival; to match
怎么记住“媲”: 女 woman + 囟 skull + 比 compare = to rival. The woman polishes the dinosaur skull from her garden and says "Compared with the museum's, mine is big enough to rival it."
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
媲 = 女 woman + 𣬉 adjoin
- 女 woman meaning
- 𣬉 adjoin sound
- 囟 skull
- 比 compare
The woman polishes the dinosaur skull from her garden and says "Compared with the museum's, mine is big enough to rival it."
How it came to be
The woman gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- Bound; only in 媲美 (pìměi), to rival / be a match for in quality: 足以媲美名牌 (zúyǐ pìměi míngpái) good enough to rival brand names.
- Always used to claim something measures up to a high standard.