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编

biān

HSK 5 Character Traditional 編

What 编 means

1. to weave
2. to plait
3. to organize
4. to group
5. to arrange
6. to edit
7. to compile
8. to write
9. to compose
10. to fabricate
11. to make up

Example sentences

• 她忙着编织。
  Tā mángzhe biānzhī.
  She was busy with her knitting.
• 你不想做编辑？
  Nǐ bù xiǎng zuò biānjí?
  You don't want to be an editor?
• 汤姆喜欢编织。
  Tāngmǔ xǐhuan biānzhī.
  Tom likes to knit.
• 谁帮你编头发？
  Who braids your hair for you?
• 他编了这个故事。
  Tā biān le zhège gùshi.
  He made up the story.
• 姐姐教我编辫子。
  My sister taught me how to braid hair.

Words starting with 编

• 编辑biān jíto edit; to compile; editor
• 编织biān zhīto weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create…
• 编号biān hàoto number; to assign numbers; serial number
• 编写biān xiěto compile
• 编制biān zhìto establish (a unit or department); authorized staffing allocation in government or…
• 编剧biān jùto write a play; scenario; dramatist
• 编程biān chéng(computing) to program; programming
• 编码biān mǎto code; to encode; code
• 编者biān zhěeditor; compiler
• 编译biān yìto translate and edit; translator-editor; (computing) to compile (source code)
• 编排biān páito arrange; to lay out
• 编造biān zàoto compile; to draw up; to fabricate
• 编导biān dǎoto write and direct (a play, film etc); playwright-director; choreographer-director
• 编成biān chéngto organize; to put together; to edit
• 编纂biān zuǎnto compile (an encyclopedia etc)
• 编者按biān zhě àneditor's commentary
• 编曲biān qǔto compose (music); arrangement
• 编入biān rùto include (in a list etc); to assign (to a class, a work unit etc)
• 编撰biān zhuànto compile; to edit
• 编印biān yìnto compile and print; to publish
• 编目biān mùto make a catalogue; catalogue; list
• 编队biān duìto form into columns; to organize into teams; formation (of ships or aircraft)
• 编年史biān nián shǐannals; chronicle
• 编列biān lièto arrange in order; to compile; to prepare (a budget, project etc)

Words containing 编

• 主编zhǔ biāneditor in chief
• 邮编yóu biānpostal code; zip code
• 改编gǎi biānto adapt; to rearrange; to revise
• 邮政编码yóu zhèng biān mǎpostal code; zip code
• 汇编huì biānto compile; collection; compilation
• 总编辑zǒng biān jíchief editor (of newspaper)
• 新编xīn biānto compile anew; new (version); newly set up (part of an organization)
• 总编zǒng biānchief editor (of newspaper); abbr. for 总编辑
• 在编zài biān(of personnel or positions) having permanent status under China's official staffing…
• 责编zé biāneditor in charge (abbr. for 责任编辑
• 选编xuǎn biānselected works (poems, documents etc); anthology
• 合编hé biānto compile in collaboration with; to merge and reorganize (army units etc)
• 收编shōu biānto incorporate into one's troops; to weave in
• 全编quán biāncomplete edition
• 定编dìng biānfixed allocation
• 小编xiǎo biānsocial-media editor; page admin; creator of online content…
• 统编tǒng biān(Taiwan) the VAT identification number of a business or organization (abbr. for 统一编号
• 续编xù biānsequel; continuation (of a serial publication)
• 美编měi biān(publishing) (abbr. for 美术编辑; graphic design; art editor
• 重编chóng biān(of a dictionary etc) revised edition
• 事业编shì yè biānstaffing quota for public service institutions; (by extension) a quota-based position in…
• 可编程kě biān chéngprogrammable
• 有编制yǒu biān zhìhaving a permanent post; part of the official staff
• 考编kǎo biān(colloquial) to sit civil service or public institution recruitment exams (cf. 编制

Characters built on 扁

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

• 遍biàneverywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 骗piànto cheat; to swindle; to deceive
• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 翩piānto fly fast
• 匾biǎnhorizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall…
• 褊biǎnnarrow; urgent

Characters that look like 编

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

• 域yùfield; region; area
• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 搞gǎoto do; to make; to go in for
• 揣chuāito put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. chuǎi
• 缄jiān(wooden) box; cup; old variant of 缄
• 缟gǎoplain white silk

Sounds the same

Read biān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 边side; edge; margin
• 鞭whip or lash; to flog; to whip
• 煸to stir-fry before broiling or stewing
• 蝙used in 蝙蝠
• 砭ancient stone acupuncture needle; to criticize; to pierce
• 鳊bream
• 笾bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets
• 猵a kind of otter
• 箯bamboo sedan chair
• 邉old variant of 边
• 㺍old variant of 猵
• 萹see 萹蓄; Taiwan pr. piān