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鞭

biān

HSK 5 Character

What 鞭 means

1. whip or lash
2. to flog
3. to whip
4. conductor's baton
5. segmented iron weapon (old)
6. penis (of animal, served as food)

Example sentences

• 杰西鞭策小毛驴前进。
  Jiéxī biāncè xiǎo máolǘ qiánjìn.
  Jessie urged the little donkey forward.
• 在新加坡，鞭刑是处置犯人的方法之一。
  Zài Xīnjiāpō, biān xíng shì chǔzhì fànrén de fāngfǎ zhīyī.
  In Singapore, one way to punish a criminal is to whip him or her.
• 于是彼拉多把耶稣带去鞭打。兵丁用荆棘编作冠冕，戴在他头上，又给他穿上紫袍。他们上前一遍遍地打他，说道：「万岁，犹太人的王！」又打他的脸。
  Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe. And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
• 黑板上写满了数学方程式，老师正用一把砍刀当教鞭讲解。黑板上方写着一句格言，大概是为了激励学生：「学习并遵循胡志明主席的教诲，我们的心灵更加光明！」
  A blackboard had been covered with math equations, which the teacher was explaining, using a machete as a pointer. Above the blackboard was a motto, probably intended to be inspirational: "Studying and following Uncle Ho's words, our hearts are brighter!"
• 我们突然向下望去，只见一个杯状的洼地，上面点缀着矮小的橡树和被多年风暴肆虐扭曲变形的蕨类植物。两座高耸狭窄的塔楼耸立在树梢之上。车夫用鞭子指着前方。他说：「巴斯克维尔庄园。」
  Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.

Words starting with 鞭

• 鞭炮biān pàofirecrackers; string of small firecrackers
• 鞭策biān cèto spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)
• 鞭子biān ziwhip
• 鞭打biān dǎto whip; to lash; to flog
• 鞭刑biān xíngcaning (corporal punishment)
• 鞭尸biān shīto flog a corpse; (fig.) to bring up sb's past failures or embarrassing moments long…
• 鞭毛biān máoflagellum
• 鞭痕biān hénwelt; whip scar; lash mark
• 鞭节biān jiéflagellum
• 鞭虫biān chóngwhipworm
• 鞭毛纲biān máo gāngflagellate
• 鞭长莫及biān cháng mò jílit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence; too far to be able to help
• 鞭辟入里biān pì rù lǐpenetrated; trenchant; incisive
• 鞭笞biān chīto flog; to lash; to whip
• 鞭挞biān tàto lash; (fig.) to castigate

Words containing 鞭

• 皮鞭pí biānlash
• 马鞭mǎ biānhorsewhip
• 教鞭jiào biānteacher's pointer
• 先鞭xiān biānto be the first; to lead the way
• 扬鞭yáng biānto whip on; to raise a whip; by ext. to swagger
• 牛鞭niú biānpizzle; bull's penis (served as food)
• 竹鞭zhú biānbamboo rhizome; bamboo whip
• 钢鞭gāng biānmace (weapon)
• 党鞭dǎng biān(politics) whip
• 放鞭炮fàng biān pàoto set off firecrackers
• 霸王鞭bà wáng biāna rattle stick used in folk dancing; rattle stick dance
• 快马加鞭kuài mǎ jiā biānto spur the horse to full speed (idiom); to go as fast as possible
• 投鞭断流tóu biān duàn liúarms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
• 掘墓鞭尸jué mù biān shīto exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
• 三节鞭sān jié biānthree-section staff (old-style weapon)

Characters that look like 鞭

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

• 鳕xuěcodfish; Gadus macrocephalus
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 龌wòdirty; small-minded
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)
• 鲼fènany ray (fish) variety of Myliobatiformes order

Sounds the same

Read biān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 边side; edge; margin
• 编to weave; to plait; to organize
• 煸to stir-fry before broiling or stewing
• 蝙used in 蝙蝠
• 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