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辨

biàn

HSK 6 Character

What 辨 means

1. to distinguish
2. to recognize

Example sentences

• 他无法分辨好坏。
  Tā wúfǎ fēnbiàn hǎohuài.
  He can't distinguish between good and evil.
• 他无法辨别真伪。
  Tā wúfǎ biànbié zhēn wěi.
  He can't tell the true from the false.
• 他不会分辨左右。
  He can't distinguish between left and right.
• 我的字迹难以辨别。
  Wǒ de zìjì nányǐ biànbié.
  My handwriting is illegible.
• 你能分辨银和锡吗?
  Nǐ néng fēnbiàn yín hé xī ma?
  Can you distinguish silver from tin?
• 你知道分辨好坏吗？
  Do you know the difference between good and bad?

Words starting with 辨

• 辨认biàn rènto recognize; to identify
• 辨别biàn biéto distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell
• 辨析biàn xīto differentiate and analyze; to discriminate
• 辨证biàn zhèngto investigate
• 辨识biàn shíidentification; to identify; to recognize
• 辨士biàn shì(loanword) pence; penny
• 辨明biàn míngto clarify; to distinguish; to elucidate
• 辨别力biàn bié lìdiscrimination; power of discrimination
• 辨识度biàn shí dùdistinctiveness; identifiability; recognizability
• 辨证施治biàn zhèng shī zhìdiagnosis and treatment based on an overall analysis of the illness and the patient's…
• 辨证论治biàn zhèng lùn zhìholistic diagnosis and treatment (TCM)

Words containing 辨

• 分辨fēn biànto distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve
• 分辨率fēn biàn lǜresolution (of images, monitors, scanners etc)
• 思辨sī biànto think critically; (philosophy) to reason; to speculate
• 明辨míng biànto discern; to distinguish clearly
• 明辨是非míng biàn shì fēito distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
• 是非莫辨shì fēi mò biànunable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
• 真假难辨zhēn jiǎ nán biànhard to distinguish real from imitation
• 高分辨率gāo fēn biàn lǜhigh resolution
• 真伪莫辨zhēn wěi mò biàncan't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake…
• 不辨菽麦bù biàn shū màilit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
• 八纲辨证bā gāng biàn zhèngpattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)

Characters that look like 辨

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

• 懈xièlax; negligent
• 僻pì(bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center
• 辫biàna braid or queue; to plait
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 噼pīchild's buttocks (esp. Cantonese); (onomatopoeia) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
• 擀gǎnto roll (dough etc)

Sounds the same

Read biàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 便plain; informal; suitable
• 变to change; to become different; to transform
• 遍everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 辩to dispute; to debate; to argue
• 辫a braid or queue; to plait
• 卞hurried
• 汴name of a river in Henan; Henan
• 弁(old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times); preceding
• 苄benzyl (chemistry)
• 抃to applaud
• 昪(literary) (of sunlight) bright; (literary) happy; delighted (old variant of 忭
• 汳name of an ancient river in Henan