绑 (bǎng): to tie, bind or fasten together, to kidnap
绑 (bǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to tie.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 邦 (phonetic). It ranks #2343 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 绑 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lěi, to accumulate), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- to tie
- bind or fasten together
- to kidnap
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绑架 | bǎng jià | to kidnap |
| 绑匪 | bǎng fěi | kidnapper |
| 捆绑 | kǔn bǎng | to bind |
| 松绑 | sōng bǎng | to untie |
| 绑带 | bǎng dài | bandage |
| 绑票 | bǎng piào | to kidnap (for ransom) |
| 绑腿 | bǎng tuǐ | leg wrappings |
| 五花大绑 | wǔ huā dà bǎng | to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck |
| 道德绑架 | dào dé bǎng jià | to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc) |
| 绑定 | bǎng dìng | (loanword) binding |
| 绑走 | bǎng zǒu | to abduct |
| 解绑 | jiě bǎng | to unbind (e.g. a phone number from an account) |
| 绑住 | bǎng zhù | to fasten |
| 绑标 | bǎng biāo | bid rigging |
| 绑赴市曹 | bǎng fù shì cáo | to bind up and take to the market (idiom) |
绑 appears in 18 compound words: 72 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 绑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
to carry out a public execution in a city center (as a warning to others)
to hijack morality to condemn someone; to occupy the moral high ground to dictate what others should do
to carry out a public execution in a city center (as a warning to others)
to hijack morality to condemn someone; to occupy the moral high ground to dictate what others should do
Example Sentences
绑字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
bǎng zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "绑" is not frequently used in everyday life.
2月起商港区无人机申请松绑 未申请、酒后操作最高罚150万
2 yuè qǐ shāng gǎng qū wú rén jī shēn qǐng sōng bǎng wèi shēn qǐng , jiǔ hòu cāo zuò zuì gāo fá 1 5 0 wàn
Since February, drones in commercial port areas have applied for relaxation, and the maximum fine for unapplied and drunk operation is 1.5 million
...rald重申Zoom股票评级,聚焦AI捆绑销售
. . . r a l d chóng shēn Z o o m gǔ piào píng jí , jù jiāo A I kǔn bǎng xiāo shòu
... rald reiterated Zoom's stock rating, focusing on AI bundling
罗恩璇:火箭“道德绑架”,还是制度选择?
luó ēn 璇 : huǒ jiàn dào dé bǎng jià , hái shì zhì dù xuǎn zé ?
Luo Enxuan: Rocket "moral kidnapping", or institutional choice?
上海救房市松绑限购令 非本地籍居民买房门槛降低
shàng hǎi jiù fáng shì sōng bǎng xiàn gòu lìng fēi běn dì jí jū mín mǎi fáng mén jiàn jiàng dī
Shanghai rescues the housing market relaxes the purchase restriction order The threshold for non-local residents to buy a house has been lowered
土耳其绑架案—中国商人遭撕票 传10跨海杀人同胞...
tǔ ěr qí bǎng jià àn — zhōng guó shāng rén zāo sī piào chuán 1 0 kuà hǎi shā rén tóng bāo . . .
Turkey kidnapping case - Chinese businessman was torn up and 10 cross-sea murder compatriots were rumored...
这些绑匪没有放弃的迹象。
Zhèxiē bǎngfěi méiyǒu fàngqì de jìxiàng.
The kidnappers showed no sign of giving up.
汤姆和玛莉都绑着马尾。
Tāngmǔ hé mǎ lì dōu bǎng zhe mǎwěi.
Tom and Mary both have ponytails.
萨米把头发绑成马尾。
Sà mǐ bǎtóu fà bǎng chéng mǎwěi.
Sami put his hair in a ponytail.
你能把我绑起来吗？
Nǐ néng bǎ wǒ bǎng qǐlai ma?
Can you tie me up?
Character Family
纟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the silk radical
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