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辫

biàn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 辮

What 辫 means

1. a braid or queue
2. to plait

Example sentences

• 她扎着辫子。
  Tā zhā zhe biànzi.
  She wore her hair in plaits.
• 她的辫子掉了。
  Her pigtail fell out.
• 他解开了马尾辫。
  He untied his ponytail.
• 她解开了马尾辫。
  She untied her ponytail.
• 姐姐教我编辫子。
  My sister taught me how to braid hair.
• 汤姆把胡子编成了辫子。
  Tom has braided his beard.

Words starting with 辫

• 辫子biàn ziplait; braid; pigtail

Words containing 辫

• 小辫xiǎo biànpigtail
• 小辫子xiǎo biàn zipigtail; (fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon by others
• 脏辫zāng biàndreadlocks
• 发辫fà biànbraid
• 抓辫子zhuā biàn zito grab sb by the pigtail; to seize on weak points; to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
• 揪辫子jiū biàn zito grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair); to seize on weak points…
• 翘辫子qiào biàn zi(colloquial) to die; to kick the bucket
• 马尾辫mǎ wěi biànponytail
• 麻花辫má huā biànbraided pigtail
• 剃发留辫tì fà liú biànto shave the head but keep the queue
• 抓小辫子zhuā xiǎo biàn zito catch sb out
• 双辫八色鸫shuāng biàn bā sè dōng(bird species of China) eared pitta (Hydrornis phayrei)
• 小辫儿xiǎo biàn rerhua variant of 小辫

Characters built on 纟

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

• 线xiànthread; string; wire
• 编biānto weave; to plait; to organize
• 练liànto practice; to train; to drill
• 缅miǎndistant; remote; detailed
• 纤xiānfine; delicate; minute
• 绵miánsilk floss; continuous; soft
• 缄jiān(wooden) box; cup; old variant of 缄
• 缱qiǎnused in 缱绻

Characters that look like 辫

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

• 辩biànto dispute; to debate; to argue
• 辨biànto distinguish; to recognize
• 懈xièlax; negligent
• 鳄è(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 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
• 辨to distinguish; to recognize
• 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