砒

pī

Meanings

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pī

1.arsenic

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Wiktionary

1.used in 砒霜 (pīshuāng)
2.synonym of 砷 (shēn, “arsenic”)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pʰiː): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 比 (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ).

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Components

砒石比

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

白砒砒礵砒霜紅砒红砒蜜餞砒霜蜜饯砒霜

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Related words

白砒 white arsenic 砒霜 white arsenic 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)