扁
HSK 6freq #5218
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) small
- 1.flat
- 2.(coll.) to beat (sb) up
- 3.old variant of 匾[biǎn]
- 1.surname Pian
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Wiktionary
- 1.flat and thin (like a pancake)
- 2.to inscribe on the door
- 3.to curl one's lips
- 4.to underestimate; to underrate
- 5.to beat; to give someone a good beating
- 6.to hide in the waist
- 7.Original form of 匾 (biǎn, “horizontal inscribed board; tablet; signboard”).
- 8.a surname
- 9.small; little; narrow
- 10.knotgrass
- 11.Used in compounds.
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 戶 (“door”) + 冊 (“bamboo tablets”) – to inscribe on the door, or two things that are flat and thin. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pyar (“flat, thin”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我真的很想扁一個人。
I really need to hit somebody.
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Derived terms
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Related words
扁额 variant of 匾额[biǎn é]扁担 carrying pole扁豆 hyacinth bean海扁 (slang) to beat sb up饿扁 (coll.) to be famished; ravenously hungry扁平 flat扁骨 flat bone扁虫 flatworm扁穴 tonsil扁鹊 秦越人[Qín Yuè rén] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黄帝[Huáng dì] era扁虱 tick (zoology)扁舟 (literary) small boat; skiff