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biǎn

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biǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
biǎn | bian3
English translation
to diminish
to demote
to reduce or devaluate
to disparage
to censure
to depreciate
to devalue, to demote; to criticize, to censure

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About biǎn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

biǎn

Contains the radical

Bèi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To devalue  currency  Bèi

Etymology of biǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

贝乏

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Example sentences using biǎn

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chú le 81 tiáo 正面 zhèng miàn 评价 píngjià 之外 zhī wài yǒu 26 wèi 学生 xuésheng de 观点 guāndiǎn huò 中立 zhōnglì huò 褒贬 bāo biǎn 参半 cān bàn huò 负面 fù miàn 甚或 shèn huò páo le

In addition to the 81 positive comments, 26 students had neutral, mixed, negative or off topic views.

shì 自尊心 zì zūn xīn 很强 de rén 绝不会自贬身份 shēnfèn xiě 匿名信

She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.

zhè jiāng huì 造成 zàochéng 数种 shù zhǒng 欧洲 Ōuzhōu 货币 huòbì de 贬值 biǎn zhí

It will lead to devaluation of a number of European currencies.

直到现在 zhí dào xiàn zài 美元 Měi yuán de 贬值 biǎn zhí 似乎 sìhū dōu 无法 wú fǎ 想象 xiǎngxiàng

Until now, a devaluation of the dollar seemed inconceivable.

学会 xué huì le 不再 bù zài 自我贬低自己 zìjǐ 别人 biéren 相比 xiāng bǐ

She learned to stop putting herself down and comparing herself to others.

Words with biǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
贬低 biǎndī to belittle貶低
贬值 biǎn zhí to devaluate貶值
biǎn to diminish biǎn
贬义 biǎnyì derogatory sense貶義
褒贬 bāo biǎn to appraise褒貶
贬损 biǎn sǔn to mock貶損
贬斥 biǎn chì to demote貶斥
贬抑 biǎn yì to belittle貶抑
贬谪 biǎn zhé to relegate貶謫
贬职 biǎn zhí to demote貶職
贬词 biǎn cí derogatory term貶詞
贬多于褒 biǎn duō yú bāo to get more criticism than praise貶多於褒
一字褒贬 yī zì bāo biǎn concise and powerful style一字褒貶

biǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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biǎn Decomposition

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