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bīn

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bīn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bīn | bin1
English translation
ornamental; cultivated, refined, well-bred

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About bīn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

bīn

Contains the radical

shān

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

hair

Etymology of bīn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

林彡

Semantic compound

shān

Phonetic compound

Lín

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shān represents the meaning and Lín represents the sound.

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Example sentences using bīn

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ō , bīn 格莱先生 Xiānsheng de Chē yāo sòng de 朋友 péngyou dào 麦里 tún , 斯脱夫妇 fūfù yòu shì yǒu Chē .

Oh! but the gentlemen will have Mr. Bingley's chaise to go to Meryton; and the Hursts have no horses to theirs.

拥有 yōngyǒu 那种 nà zhǒng 天生 tiānshēng de 优雅 yōu yǎ 举手投足 jǔ shǒu tóu zú dōu 彬彬有礼 bīn bīn yǒu lǐ

She had that inbred politeness, it was a part of her.

绅士 shēnshì 应该 yīnggāi zǒng shì 彬彬有礼 bīn bīn yǒu lǐ ,即便 jíbiàn shì duì 地位 dìwèi 不及 bù jí 自己 zìjǐ zhě .

A gentleman should always be civil, even to his inferiors.

shì hǎo 小伙 xiǎo huǒ 非常 fēicháng 温和 wēnhé 彬彬有礼 bīn bīn yǒu lǐ

He was a nice fellow, very quiet and courteous.

他们 tā men 总是 zǒngshì hěn dǒng 礼貌 lǐmào 彬彬有礼 bīn bīn yǒu lǐ

They are always perfectly polite and beautifully mannered.

Words with bīn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bīn refined bīn
彬彬有礼 bīn bīn yǒu lǐ urbane彬彬有禮
文质彬彬 wén zhì bīn bīn gentle文質彬彬
中山成彬 Zhōng shān Chéng bīn NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese cabinet minister and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes中山成彬 Zhōng shān Chéng bīn
彬县 Bīn Xiàn Bin County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳 Xián yáng [Xián​yáng], Shaanxi彬縣

bīn Decomposition & Compounds

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