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柄

bǐng

Character

What 柄 means

1. handle or shaft (of an axe etc)
2. (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem
3. sth that affords an advantage to an opponent
4. classifier for knives or blades

Example sentences

• 小锅柄长。
  Small pots have long handles.
• 这是个没有柄的平锅。
  Zhè shì gè méiyǒu bǐng de píngguō.
  Here is a pan without handles.
• 我们成了整个村庄的笑柄。
  Wǒmen chéngle zhěnggè cūnzhuāng de xiàobǐng.
  We've become a mockery to the whole village.
• 我开门的时候把门柄扭了出来。
  Wǒ kāimén de shíhou bǎmén bǐng niǔ le chūlái.
  I tried to open the door, and the doorknob came off.

Words starting with 柄

• 柄国bǐng guóto hold state power; to rule
• 柄政bǐng zhèngto rule; to be in power
• 柄权bǐng quánto hold power
• 柄臣bǐng chénpowerful official; big shot

Words containing 柄

• 把柄bǎ bǐnghandle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb
• 手柄shǒu bǐnghandle; video game controller
• 笑柄xiào bǐnga matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock
• 剑柄jiàn bǐngsword hilt
• 国柄guó bǐngstate power
• 政柄zhèng bǐngat the helm of state; political power; regime
• 斗柄dǒu bǐnghandle of the Big Dipper
• 曲柄qū bǐngcrank handle
• 果柄guǒ bǐngstem of a fruit
• 权柄quán bǐngauthority
• 泵柄bèng bǐngpump handle
• 眼柄yǎn bǐngeye stalk (of crustacean etc)
• 矛柄máo bǐngshaft
• 菌柄jùn bǐngmushroom stem
• 叶柄yè bǐngpetiole; leafstalk
• 话柄huà bǐnga pretext for gossip; a matter for derision
• 长柄cháng bǐnglong handle; stem
• 手摇柄shǒu yáo bǐnghand crank
• 曲柄钻qū bǐng zuànhand drill with a crank handle
• 授人以柄shòu rén yǐ bǐngto hand someone the swordhilt (idiom); to give someone a hold on oneself
• 游戏手柄yóu xì shǒu bǐnggamepad
• 锤骨柄chuí gǔ bǐngmanubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜
• 长柄勺子cháng bǐng sháo ziladle
• 长柄镰刀cháng bǐng lián dāoscythe

Characters built on 丙

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

• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
• 炳bǐngbright; brilliant; luminous
• 邴bǐngancient city name; happy

Characters that look like 柄

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

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 栖qīto perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 晒shài(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine)…
• 桐tóngtree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 炳bǐngbright; brilliant; luminous

Sounds the same

Read bǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饼round flat cake; cookie; cake
• 丙third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; third in order…
• 秉to grasp; to hold; to maintain
• 禀to make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow
• 炳bright; brilliant; luminous
• 屏to get rid of; to put aside; to reject
• 昺bright; glorious
• 邴ancient city name; happy
• 苪bright; shining, splendid
• 鞞scabbard
• 絣Ikat, a type of woven silk; Kasuri
• 怲sad; mournful