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便士

biàn shì

2-character word

What 便士 means

1. loanwordpence; penny

The characters in 便士

• 便biànplain; informal; suitable
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor

Example sentences

• "每秒六便士" 鲍勃提醒她。
  "Six pence per second," Bob reminds her.

Sounds the same

Read biàn shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 便是(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly
• 辩士eloquent person; person with rhetoric skills
• 辨士(loanword) pence; penny

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