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槟

bīn

Character Traditional 檳

What 槟 means

1. used in {槟子|bīn zi}

Other readings

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

• bīngused in {槟榔|bīng lang}; Taiwan pr. bīn

Example sentences

• 柳橙汁或香槟?
  Liǔchéngzhī huò xiāngbīn?
  Orange juice or champagne?
• 给我香槟，谢谢。
  Gěi wǒ xiāngbīn, xièxie.
  Champagne, please.
• 与其喝可乐，倒不如喝香槟。
  Instead of drinking cola, why not drink champagne?
• 这个政客是典型的香槟社会主义者。
  Zhège zhèngkè shì diǎnxíng de xiāngbīn shèhuìzhǔyìzhě.
  This politician is a typical champagne socialist.

Words starting with 槟

• 槟榔bīng langbetel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut
• 槟城Bīng chéngPenang (Malaysian state)
• 槟子bīn zibinzi, a species of apple which is slightly sour and astringent…
• 槟州Bīng zhōuPenang (Malaysian state)
• 槟知Bīn zhīBen Tre, province and city in Vietnam
• 槟榔屿Bīng lang yǔ(old name) Penang Island, Malaysia
• 槟榔西施bīng lang Xī shī(Taiwan) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a…
• 槟椥Bīn zhīBen Tre, province and city in Vietnam

Words containing 槟

• 香槟xiāng bīn(loanword) champagne
• 香槟酒xiāng bīn jiǔ(loanword) champagne
• 马槟榔mǎ bīng langCapparis masaikai

Characters built on 宾

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

• 滨bīn(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
• 缤bīnused in 缤纷
• 殡bìna funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial
• 摈bìnto reject; to expel; to discard
• 嫔pínimperial concubine
• 鬓bìntemples; hair on the temples
• 膑bìnvariant of 髌
• 傧bīnbest man; to entertain

Characters that look like 槟

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

• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 稼jiàto sow grain; (farm) crop
• 榛zhēn(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 楣méilintel; crossbeam
• 犒kàoto reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc
• 榷quèfootbridge; toll, levy; monopoly

Sounds the same

Read bīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宾visitor; guest; object (in grammar)
• 滨(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
• 濒to approach; to border on; near
• 彬urbane; well-bred; cultivated
• 缤used in 缤纷
• 璸(pearl)
• 傧best man; to entertain
• 镔fine steel
• 玢(literary) a kind of jade
• 豳name of an ancient county in Shaanxi; variant of 彬
• 𧏖pearl-oyster
• 斌variant of 彬