坯子

pīzi
  1. base
  2. semifinished product
  3. (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc)

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) person of promise; person with potential; young hopeful
  2. (figurative) unfinished product; semifinished product
  3. person of promise; person with potential; young hopeful
  4. unburnt pottery; clay mould
  5. unfinished product; semifinished product

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 坯 pī
  1. blank (e.g. for a coin)
  2. unburnt earthenware
  3. semifinished product
  4. Taiwan pr. pēi
2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

Containing this entry

美人坯子 měirénpīzi a beauty in the bud

Related entries

卑下 bēixià
  1. base
  2. low
卑劣 bēiliè
  1. base
  2. mean
  3. despicable
国王的卑劣行为致使人们相信他只是个该被推翻的暴君。

The depravity of the king's deeds led the people to believe he was nothing more than a tyrant that needed to be overthrown.

Source: Tatoeba

卑鄙 bēibǐ
  1. base
  2. mean
  3. contemptible
  4. despicable
他是个卑鄙小人。

He is a despicable person.

Source: Tatoeba

可鄙 kěbǐ
  1. base
  2. mean
  3. despicable
基地 jīdì base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
基盘 jīpán
  1. base
  2. foundation
  3. (Tw) (geology) bedrock
底子 dǐzi
  1. base
  2. foundation
  3. bottom
底座 dǐzuò
  1. base
  2. pedestal
  3. foundation
他們的願望被刻在雕像的底座上。

Their wish is engraved on the base of the statue.

Source: Tatoeba

底边 dǐbiān
  1. base (of a triangle)
  2. base line
  3. hem line (of skirt)
泼贱 pōjiàn
  1. base
  2. worthless
鄙劣 bǐliè
  1. base
  2. mean
  3. despicable
卑 bēi
  1. low
  2. base
  3. vulgar
  4. inferior
  5. humble
地基 dìjī
  1. foundations (of a building)
  2. base
基业 jīyè
  1. foundation
  2. base
  3. family estate
基线 jīxiàn
  1. baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc)
  2. (math.) base (of a triangle)
垒 lěi
  1. rampart
  2. base (in baseball)
  3. to build with stones, bricks etc
底料 dǐliào
  1. base ingredient
  2. base (cooking)
  3. primer (paint)
底汁 dǐzhī
  1. stock (cooking)
  2. base (of sauce or gravy)
础 chǔ
  1. foundation
  2. base
地脚 dìjiǎo
  1. (page) footer
  2. (dialect) foundation (of a building)
  3. base
基址 jīzhǐ
  1. foundation
  2. footing
  3. base
  4. ruins (of a historical building)
基数 jīshù
  1. cardinal number
  2. (math.) radix
  3. base
脚 jiǎo
  1. foot
  2. leg (of an animal or an object)
  3. base (of an object)
  4. classifier for kicks

classifiers: 雙, 隻

你的脚脏。

You have dirty feet.

Source: Tatoeba

鄙 bǐ
  1. rustic
  2. low
  3. base
  4. mean
  5. to despise
  6. to scorn
坯 pī
  1. blank (e.g. for a coin)
  2. unburnt earthenware
  3. semifinished product
  4. Taiwan pr. pēi