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辩

biàn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 辯

What 辩 means

1. to dispute
2. to debate
3. to argue
4. to discuss

Example sentences

• 他参加辩论
  Tā cānjiā biànlùn
  He participated in the debate.
• 比尔擅长辩论。
  Bill is skillful in arguing and debating.
• 行动胜于雄辩。
  Actions speak louder than words.
• 这是场有趣的辩论。
  Zhè shì chǎng yǒuqù de biànlùn.
  It was an interesting debate.
• 和她争辩是没用的。
  Hé tā zhēngbiàn shì méiyòng de.
  It's no use arguing with her.
• 我无意争辩你的理论。
  Wǒ wúyì zhēngbiàn nǐ de lǐlùn.
  I have no intention in arguing about your theory.

Words starting with 辩

• 辩论biàn lùndebate; argument; to argue over
• 辩护biàn hùto speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend
• 辩解biàn jiěto explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc)
• 辩证biàn zhèngto investigate; dialectical
• 辩证法biàn zhèng fǎdialectics; dialectic or Socratic method of debate
• 辩驳biàn bóto dispute; to refute
• 辩护人biàn hù réndefender; defending counsel
• 辩士biàn shìeloquent person; person with rhetoric skills
• 辩手biàn shǒudebater; debate team member
• 辩才biàn cáieloquence
• 辩方biàn fāng(law) the defense
• 辩明biàn míngto explain clearly; to elucidate
• 辩机Biàn jīBianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘
• 辩争biàn zhēngto argue; to dispute
• 辩白biàn báito offer an explanation; to plead innocence; to try to defend oneself
• 辩称biàn chēngto argue (that); to allege; to dispute
• 辩答biàn dáa reply (in debate)
• 辩词biàn cían excuse
• 辩说biàn shuōto debate; to argue
• 辩难biàn nànto debate; to retort; to refute
• 辩才天biàn cái tiānSaraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
• 辩护士biàn hù shìdefender; apologist
• 辩证唯物主义biàn zhèng wéi wù zhǔ yìdialectical materialism
• 辩辞biàn cían excuse

Words containing 辩

• 答辩dá biànto reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
• 争辩zhēng biàna dispute; to wrangle
• 申辩shēn biànto defend oneself; to rebut a charge
• 狡辩jiǎo biànto deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses
• 分辩fēn biànto explain the facts; to defend against an accusation
• 雄辩xióng biàneloquent; oratory; rhetoric
• 抗辩kàng biànto counter accusations; to protest; to remonstrate
• 诡辩guǐ biànspecious arguments; sophistry
• 善辩shàn biàneloquent; good at arguing
• 好辩hào biànargumentative; quarrelsome
• 强辩qiǎng biànto try to make one's case using false arguments
• 控辩kòng biànthe prosecution and the defense (law)
• 服辩fú biànwritten confession; letter of repentance
• 置辩zhì biànto argue
• 不容置辩bù róng zhì biànperemptory; not to be denied; not brooking argument
• 强辩到底qiǎng biàn dào dǐto argue endlessly; to try to have the last word
• 控辩交易kòng biàn jiāo yìplea bargaining; plea agreement
• 控辩协议kòng biàn xié yìplea bargain (law)
• 能言善辩néng yán shàn biànglib of tongue (idiom); eloquent
• 无罪抗辩wú zuì kàng biànplea of not guilty
• 巧辩qiǎo biànto argue skillfully or plausibly; rhetoric
• 雄辩家xióng biàn jiāorator
• 事实胜于雄辩shì shí shèng yú xióng biànfacts speak louder than words (idiom)
• 剖辩pōu biànto analyze; to explain

Characters that look like 辩

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

• 醉zuìintoxicated
• 辨biànto distinguish; to recognize
• 鳄è(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 僻pì(bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center
• 辫biàna braid or queue; to plait
• 鲱fēiPacific herring

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
• 辨to distinguish; to recognize
• 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