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 center
simp. and trad. (合璧)		合	璧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hébì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ bik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hébì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herbih
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ bik¹
  - Yale: hahp bīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ bik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ big¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² pɪk̚⁵/

Verb

合璧

(literary, of two halves of a jade annulus) to rejoin to form a circular piece of jade
(figuratively, 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

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