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扁

biǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

扁 (biǎn) means "surname Pian; flat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 扁 means

1. flat
2. colloquialto beat (sb) up
3. old variant of {匾|biǎn}

Other readings

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

• piānsmall
• Piānsurname Pian

Example sentences

• 他是扁平足。
  He has flat feet.
• 我真的很想扁一个人。
  I really need to hit somebody.
• 使用这个香蕉盒，可以让您运送香蕉时不会压扁它们。
  By using this banana case, you can transport bananas without squashing them.

Words starting with 扁

• 扁平biǎn píngflat; planar
• 扁担biǎn dancarrying pole; shoulder pole
• 扁豆biǎn dòuhyacinth bean; haricot
• 扁舟piān zhōu(literary) small boat; skiff
• 扁圆biǎn yuánoblate
• 扁桃biǎn táoalmond tree; almond; flat peach
• 扁穴biǎn xuétonsil; now written 扁桃体
• 扁虫biǎn chóngflatworm
• 扁食biǎn shi(dialect) Chinese-style dumpling (such as wonton, jiaozi etc)
• 扁骨biǎn gǔflat bone
• 扁平足biǎn píng zúflat feet
• 扁担星Biǎn dan xīngAltair and its two adjacent stars
• 扁桃腺biǎn táo xiàntonsil
• 扁桃体biǎn táo tǐtonsil
• 扁嘴海雀biǎn zuǐ hǎi què(bird species of China) ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
• 扁形动物biǎn xíng dòng wùflatworm; phylum of Platyhelminthes
• 扁桃腺炎biǎn táo xiàn yántonsillitis
• 扁桃体炎biǎn táo tǐ yántonsillitis
• 扁坯biǎn pīslab
• 扁虱biǎn shītick (zoology)
• 扁鹊Biǎn Què秦越人
• 扁锹形虫biǎn qiāo xíng chónggiant stag beetle (Dorcus titanus)
• 扁额biǎn évariant of 匾额

Words containing 扁

• 陈水扁Chén Shuǐ biǎnChen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China…
• 倒扁Dǎo biǎnTaiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陈水扁
• 压扁yā biǎnto squash; to crush flat
• 欠扁qiàn biǎnannoying; infuriating; deserving of a good spanking
• 海扁hǎi biǎn(slang) to beat sb up
• 痛扁tòng biǎnto beat (sb) up
• 看扁kàn biǎnto have a low opinion of
• 阿扁Ā biǎnA-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陈水扁
• 饿扁è biǎn(colloquial) to be famished; ravenously hungry
• 小扁豆xiǎo biǎn dòulentil
• 走扁带zǒu biǎn dàislacklining
• 揍扁zòu biǎnto beat (sb) up; to hit

Characters that look like 扁

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

• 座zuòseat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 桑sāng(bound form) mulberry tree
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 扇shànfan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 咸xiánall; everyone; each
• 戾lìto bend; to violate; to go against

Sounds the same

Read biǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贬to diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate
• 匾horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall…
• 褊narrow; urgent
• 窆to put a coffin in the grave
• 碥dangerous rocks jutting out over rapids
• 稨see 稨豆
• 藊see 藊豆
• 萹see 萹豆

Where 扁 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read biǎn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.