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biàn

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biàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
biàn | bian4
English translation
to dispute
to debate
to argue
to discuss
to argue, to dispute; to discuss, to debate

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About biàn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

biàn

Contains the radical

Xīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A bitter  Xīn  exchange of words  yán

Etymology of biàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

辛讠辛

Explanation

Simplified form of biàn . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using biàn

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zhào shuì de zuò ,不要 bù yào 争辩 zhēng biàn .

Do what you are told and don't argue with me.

Bǎi huì biàn .

A hundred mouths can't explain it away.

他们 tā men de 辩论 biànlùn tài 深奥 shēnào , gǎo dǒng .

Their argument was too metaphysical for me to follow.

不要 bù yào zài 分辩 fēn biàn le , yǒu 错误 cuòwù jiù 承认 chéngrèn ma !

Don't try to explain away the situation. If you have made mistakes, just admit them.

今天 jīntiān 晚上 wǎnshang 我们 wǒmen 辩论 biànlùn de 课题 kètí shì ruǎn 毒品 dúpǐn 合法化 hé fǎ huà .

This evening we're debating the issue of the legalization of soft drugs.

Words with biàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
辩护 biànhù to defend辯護
biàn to dispute biàn
辩论 biànlùn debate辯論
辩解 biànjiě to explain辯解
争辩 zhēng biàn a dispute爭辯
辩证 biànzhèng to investigate辯證
答辩 dábiàn to reply (to an accusation)答辯
辩证法 biàn zhèng fǎ dialectics辯證法
辩护人 biàn hù rén defender辯護人
抗辩 kàng biàn to protest抗辯
狡辩 jiǎo biàn to quibble狡辯
辩驳 biàn bó to dispute辯駁
申辩 shēn biàn to defend oneself申辯
雄辩 xióng biàn eloquent雄辯
辩证唯物主义 biàn zhèng wéi wù zhǔ yì dialectical materialism辯證唯物主義
诡辩 guǐ biàn sophistry詭辯
辩称 biàn chēng to allege辯稱
分辩 fēn biàn to explain the facts分辯
辩白 biàn bái to plead innocence辯白
能言善辩 néng yán shàn biàn eloquent能言善辯
事实胜于雄辩 shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)事實勝於雄辯
强辩 qiǎng biàn to quibble強辯

biàn Decomposition & Compounds

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biàn Decomposition

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