合璧

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	piece of jade with hole in centre
simp. and trad. (合璧)		合	璧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hébì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ bik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hébì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hébì
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-pi⁴
    • Yale: hé-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herbih
    • Palladius: хэби (xɛbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ bik¹
    • Yale: hahp bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ big¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² pɪk̚⁵/

Verb

合璧

1. (literary, of two halves of a jade annulus) to rejoin to form a circular piece of jade
2. (figurative, of two different things) to combine harmoniously; to match well

Derived terms

• 中西合璧 (zhōngxīhébì)
• 合璧連珠 / 合璧连珠
• 夫婦合璧 / 夫妇合璧
• 日月合璧
• 連珠合璧 / 连珠合璧