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并

bìng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 並

What 并 means

1. and
2. furthermore
3. also
4. together with
5. (not) at all
6. simultaneously
7. to combine
8. to join
9. to merge

Other readings

并 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bìngto combine; to amalgamate
• Bīngshort name for Taiyuan {太原|Tài yuán}
• bìngvariant of {并|bìng}

Example sentences

• 这并不容易。
  It's not easy.
• 这并不简单。
  It's not easy.
• 我们并不傻。
  We are not stupid.
• 我们并不蠢。
  We are not stupid.
• 思念并祈祷。
  Thoughts and prayers.
• 反思并回应。
  Reflect and respond.

Words starting with 并

• 并不bìng bùnot at all; by no means
• 并且bìng qiěand; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
• 并非bìng fēireally isn't
• 并列bìng lièto stand side by side; to be juxtaposed
• 并存bìng cúnto exist at the same time; to coexist
• 并排bìng páiside by side; abreast
• 并肩bìng jiānalongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side
• 并购bìng gòumerger and acquisition (M and A); acquisition; to take over
• 并行bìng xíngto proceed in parallel; side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
• 并称bìng chēngjoint name; combined name
• 并入bìng rùto merge into; to incorporate in
• 并重bìng zhòngto give equal emphasis to; to attach equal importance to
• 并发bìng fāto happen simultaneously; (medicine) (of one disease) to be complicated by (another)…
• 并举bìng jǔto develop simultaneously; to undertake concurrently
• 并发症bìng fā zhèngcomplications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)
• 并进bìng jìnto advance together
• 并立bìng lìto exist side by side; to exist simultaneously
• 并拢bìng lǒngto draw together; to place side by side…
• 并驾齐驱bìng jià qí qū(idiom) to run neck and neck; to keep pace with; to keep abreast of…
• 并联bìng liánparallel connection
• 并条bìng tiáodrawing (textile industry)
• 并处bìng chǔto impose an additional penalty
• 并口bìng kǒuparallel port (computing)
• 并行口bìng xíng kǒuparallel port (computing)

Words containing 并

• 合并hé bìngto merge; to annex
• 一并yī bìngto lump together; to treat along with all the others
• 兼并jiān bìngto annex; to take over; to acquire
• 相提并论xiāng tí bìng lùnto discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms…
• 吞并tūn bìngto annex
• 肩并肩jiān bìng jiānshoulder to shoulder; abreast; side by side
• 声情并茂shēng qíng bìng mào(of a singer etc) excellent in voice and expression (idiom)
• 交并jiāo bìngoccurring simultaneously
• 中西合并Zhōng Xī hé bìngChinese-Western fusion
• 整并zhěng bìngto merge; to consolidate; consolidation
• 裁并cái bìngcut down and merge
• 火并huǒ bìng(of rival gangs or armed factions etc) to engage in internecine violence…
• 土洋并举tǔ yáng bìng jǔcombining native and foreign methods
• 归并guī bìngto put together; to add; to merge
• 撤并chè bìngto consolidate; to merge
• 合并症hé bìng zhèngcomplication (medicine)
• 兼容并包jiān róng bìng bāoto include and monopolize many things; all-embracing
• 齐头并进qí tóu bìng jìnto go forward together (idiom); to undertake simultaneous tasks; going hand in hand
• 兼并与收购jiān bìng yǔ shōu gòumergers and acquisitions (M&A)
• 刚柔并济gāng róu bìng jìto couple strength and gentleness (idiom)
• 兼收并蓄jiān shōu bìng xùincorporating diverse things (idiom); eclectic; all-embracing
• 携手并肩xié shǒu bìng jiānhand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
• 然并卵rán bìng luǎn(net slang) ultimately useless
• 苯并噻吩běn bìng sāi fēnbenzothiophene C8H9, a heterocyclic compound…

Characters built on 开

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

• 形xíngto appear; to look; form
• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence
• 邢Xíngsurname Xing; place name

Characters that look like 并

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

• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 弗fú(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 弄nòngto do; to manage; to handle
• 夺duóto seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of
• 舟zhōuboat
• 乒pīng(onomatopoeia) ping; bing

Sounds the same

Read bìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 病illness; disease; to fall ill
• 摒to discard; to get rid of
• 寎nightmare; start in sleep
• 靐thunder
• 幷variant of 并; variant of 并
• 倂variant of 并