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叛

pàn

HSK 6 Character

What 叛 means

1. to betray
2. to rebel
3. to revolt

Example sentences

• 谁背叛我们？
  Who betrayed us?
• 连你也背叛我。
  Even you have betrayed me.
• 军队镇压了叛乱。
  Jūnduì zhènyā le pànluàn.
  The army quelled the rebellion.
• 叛乱一天天发生。
  The revolt happened day by day.
• 世界充满了叛徒。
  The world is full of traitors.
• 我们之间有个叛徒。
  Wǒmen zhījiān yǒu gè pàntú.
  We have a traitor among us.

Words starting with 叛

• 叛逆pàn nìto rebel; to revolt; a rebel
• 叛徒pàn tútraitor; turncoat; rebel
• 叛乱pàn luànarmed rebellion
• 叛变pàn biànto defect; to betray; to mutiny
• 叛逃pàn táoto defect
• 叛军pàn jūnrebel army
• 叛国pàn guótreason
• 叛教pàn jiàoapostasy
• 叛卖pàn màito betray
• 叛离pàn líto betray; to desert; to defect from
• 叛党pàn dǎngto betray one's party; to defect (from the communist party); renegade faction
• 叛乱罪pàn luàn zuìthe crime of armed rebellion
• 叛国罪pàn guó zuìthe crime of treason
• 叛逆者pàn nì zhětraitor
• 叛贼pàn zéirenegade; traitor
• 叛匪pàn fěirebel bandit

Words containing 叛

• 背叛bèi pànto betray
• 反叛fǎn pànto rebel; to revolt
• 平叛píng pànto put down a revolt; to pacify a rebellion
• 背叛者bèi pàn zhětraitor
• 反叛分子fǎn pàn fèn zǐrebel; insurgent
• 招降纳叛zhāo xiáng nà pànto recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
• 众叛亲离zhòng pàn qīn lílit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom); fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
• 离经叛道lí jīng pàn dàoto rebel against orthodoxy; to depart from established practices
• 三藩叛乱Sān fān pàn luànrebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi

Characters built on 反

These share the phonetic component 反 (fǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 阪bǎnslope; hillside
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 钣bǎnmetal plate; sheet of metal

Characters that look like 叛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 朕zhèn(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen
• 挟xié(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 觊jìto covet; to long for

Sounds the same

Read pàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 判(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)…
• 盼to hope for; to long for; to expect
• 畔(bound form) side; edge; boundary
• 拚to strive for; to struggle; to disregard
• 板to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
• 泮(literary) to melt; to dissolve
• 袢used in 袷袢; variant of 襻
• 襻button loop; sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc)…
• 詊pleasing; clever talk
• 鋬(dialect) handle of a cup, kettle or other vessel
• 頖disperse