丙 (bǐng): third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干, third in order, letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
丙 (bǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “third of the ten heavenly stems 十天干.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 一 (structural) and 内 (structural). It ranks #2521 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
- third in order
- letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丙烷 | bǐng wán | propane |
| 丙酮 | bǐng tóng | acetone CH3COCH |
| 丙烯酸 | bǐng xī suān | acrylic acid C3H4O2 |
| 聚丙烯 | jù bǐng xī | polypropylene |
| 丙醇 | bǐng chún | propanol |
| 丙烯 | bǐng xī | propylene C3H6 |
| 丙子战争 | bǐng zǐ zhàn zhēng | second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636) |
| 丙种射线 | bǐng zhǒng shè xiàn | gamma ray |
| 丙子胡乱 | bǐng zǐ hú luàn | second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636) |
| 付之丙丁 | fù zhī bǐng dīng | to burn down (idiom) |
| 二正丙醚 | èr zhèng bǐng mí | di-n-propyl ether |
| 丙子 | bǐng zǐ | thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056 |
| 丙等 | bǐng děng | third rank |
| 丙酸氟替卡松 | bǐng suān fú tì kǎ sōng | fluticasone propionate |
| 对氨基苯丙酮 | duì ān jī běn bǐng tóng | p-aminopropiophenone |
丙 appears in 46 compound words: 70 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 30 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 丙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
丙字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
bǐng zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "丙" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
古籍预言2026丙午年多洪水 重庆武汉预测有洪灾
gǔ jí yù yán 2 0 2 6 bǐng wǔ nián duō hóng shuǐ chóng qìng wǔ hàn yù cè yǒu hóng zāi
诈骗猖獗 竹市警“识诈2.0”夺全国丙组第1名
zhà piàn chāng 獗 zhú shì jǐng shí zhà 2 . 0 duó quán guó bǐng zǔ dì 1 míng
铨叙部拟重订考绩法 公务员考绩“取消甲乙丙丁”且拿掉75%天花板
铨 xù bù nǐ chóng dìng kǎo jì fǎ gōng wù yuán kǎo jì qǔ xiāo jiǎ yǐ bǐng dīng qiě ná diào 7 5 tiān huā bǎn
The Ministry of Personnel Affairs plans to revise the performance appraisal system, eliminating the "A, B, C, D" grading system for civil servants and removing the 75% cap.
Character Family
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