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辫
辮
biàn
1. a braid or queue
2. to plait
Common • Top 10%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

辫
biàn
braid, pigtail, plait; queue
HSK 6 17 丶

Compound Words (11)

小辫
xiǎobiàn
pigtail
辫子
biànzi
plait
HSK 6
发辫
fàbiàn
braid
小辫儿
xiǎobiànr
erhua variant of [[小辮|小辫<xiǎobiàn>]]
抓辫子
zhuābiànzi
to grab sb by the pigtail
揪辫子
jiūbiànzi
to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair)
翘辫子
qiàobiànzi
to die
马尾辫
mǎwěibiàn
ponytail
麻花辫
máhuābiàn
braided pigtail
剃发留辫
tìfàliúbiàn
to shave the head but keep the queue
双辫八色鸫
shuāngbiànbāsèdōng
(Chinese bird species) eared pitta (Hydrornis phayrei)

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,239
Word Frequency Rank
8,838 of 84,292

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