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biǎn

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biǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
biǎn | bian3
English translation
to devalue, to demote; to criticize, to censure

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About biǎn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

biǎn

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To devalue  currency  bèi

Etymology of biǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

貝乏

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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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