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辫子

biàn zi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 辮子 Measure word 根、条

辫子 (biàn zi) means "plait; braid; pigtail". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 辫子 means

1. plait
2. braid
3. pigtail
4. a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent
5. handle

The characters in 辫子

• 辫biàna braid or queue; to plait
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

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.
• 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.
• 你想让我帮你编辫子吗？
  Would you like me to braid your hair?
• 萨米把头发编成了辫子。
  Sami braided his hair.

Words containing 辫子

• 小辫子xiǎo biàn zipigtail; (fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon by others
• 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
• 抓小辫子zhuā xiǎo biàn zito catch sb out

Where 辫子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · biàn–biāo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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