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蝙

biān

Character

What 蝙 means

1. used in {蝙蝠|biān fú}

Example sentences

• 她讨厌蝙蝠。
  She hated bats.
• 那是只蝙蝠吗？
  Nà shì zhī biānfú ma?
  Is that a bat?
• 蝙蝠在夜中觅食 。
  Bats hunt at night.
• 蝙蝠使用超音波来定位障碍物。
  The bats use ultrasound to locate obstacles.
• 蝙蝠的食物主要包括昆虫和水果。
  The bat's diet consists mainly of insects and fruit.
• 汤姆被蝙蝠咬伤后，死于狂犬病感染。
  Tom died of rabies after having been bitten by a bat.

Words starting with 蝙

• 蝙蝠biān fú(zoology) bat
• 蝙蝠侠Biān fú xiáBatman, comic book superhero

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.

• 编biānto weave; to plait; to organize
• 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
• 翩piānto fly fast
• 匾biǎnhorizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall…
• 褊biǎnnarrow; urgent

Characters that look like 蝙

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

• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 螨mǎnmite
• 鹕húused in 鹈鹕
• 褊biǎnnarrow; urgent

Sounds the same

Read biān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 边side; edge; margin
• 编to weave; to plait; to organize
• 鞭whip or lash; to flog; to whip
• 煸to stir-fry before broiling or stewing
• 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