so that

Components
亻 unknown component

  Unknown component

rén

  

person

卑 sound component

  Sound component

bēi

  

humble, inferior

Evolution

俾 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
俾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
俾 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
俾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

so that, in order that; to cause; (Cant.) to give (synonymous with Mandarin ); to enable; phonetic bi; Taiwan pr. [bì]

Most common words with 俾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to cause

俾斯麦

Bismarck (name)

俾格米

Pygmy

俾利

to facilitate

俾昼作夜

to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour