(bǐng): to get rid of, to put aside, to reject, to keep control, to hold (one's breath)

(bǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “to get rid of.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1870 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, door. Its radical form (corpse) appears in many related characters such as (céng, to pile on top of one another), (jǐn, to the greatest extent), (, (bound form) house).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to get rid of
  2. to put aside
  3. to reject
  4. to keep control
  5. to hold (one's breath)

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticdoor

Decomposition: ⿸户并 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)

Stroke Order

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2
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9

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounpíng mùscreen (TV, computer or movie)5

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
píng bìto screen
píng zhàngbarrier
yíng píngfluorescent screen
xiǎn shì píngdisplay screen
píng fēng(furniture) screen
bǐng qìto hold one's breath
bǐng xīhold one's breath
píng shānPingshan county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan
chù mō píngtouchscreen
kāi píng(a peacock) spreads its tail
yín píngtelevision
yíng guāng píngfluorescent screen
xī píng xiǎn shìalways-on display (AOD)
píng dōng shìPingtung City in south Taiwan
fù yī píngleft panel (displayed by swiping right from the main panel of the home screen)
66
Total compounds
35
As first character
47
As last character
18
As middle character

appears in 66 compound words: 35 as the first character, 47 as the last, and 18 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

0.68917,430 co-occurrences
0.62044,653 co-occurrences
zhàng
0.55118,072 co-occurrences
yíng
0.5391,854 co-occurrences
0.5042,808 co-occurrences
cuì
0.4936,114 co-occurrences
xiǎn
0.48711,142 co-occurrences
chù
0.4433,228 co-occurrences
shì
0.41217,928 co-occurrences
cùn
0.3842,118 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

字由9笔画组成,结构很巧妙。

bīng zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .

The character "屏" consists of nine strokes and features a remarkably ingenious structure.

It之家Feb 2026

...月发布:12.3 英寸 165Hz 高刷、骁龙 8 系处理器

. . . yuè fā bù : 1 2 . 3 yīng cùn 1 6 5 H z gāo shuā bǐng , 骁 lóng 8 xì chǔ lǐ qì

... Monthly release: 12.3-inch 165Hz high refresh screen, Snapdragon 8 series processor

It之家Feb 2026

拒绝“末日刷”:美国年轻人对抗信息过载,带火老式数码...

jù jué mò rì shuā bǐng : měi guó nián qīng rén duì kàng xìn xī guò zài , dài huǒ lǎo shì shǔ mǎ . . .

Refuse to "swipe the screen at the end of the day": young Americans fight against information overload and bring fire to old-fashioned digital...

東方日報Feb 2026

京都浴设计独特 告别传统浴帘缺点

jīng dōu yù bǐng shè jì dú tè gào bié chuán tǒng yù lián quē diǎn

Kyoto's bath screen design is unique, say goodbye to the shortcomings of traditional shower curtains

百度新闻Feb 2026

(新春走基层)福建南:古桥“万安”横碧水 乡宴“..

( xīn chūn zǒu jī céng ) fú jiàn bǐng nán : gǔ qiáo wàn ān héng bì shuǐ xiāng yàn . .

(New Year at the grassroots level) Pingnan, Fujian: Guqiao "Wan'an" Hengbi Water Township Banquet":

百度新闻Feb 2026

用金牌当保,宁忠岩不过是把冷板凳坐热

yòng jīn pái dāng bǐng bǎo , nìng zhōng yán bù guò shì bǎ lěng bǎn dèng zuò rè

Using the gold medal as a screensaver, Ning Zhongyan is just sitting on the cold bench to heat up

Tatoeba

你能住呼吸多久?

Nǐ néng bīng zhù hūxī duōjiǔ?

How long can you hold your breath?

Tatoeba

深吸一口气然后住气。

Shēn xī yīkǒuqì ránhòu bīng zhù qì.

Take a breath and hold it.

Tatoeba

气观看眼前光景。

Wǒ bǐngqì guānkàn yǎnqián guāngjǐng.

I watched what was unfolding in front of my eyes with bated breath.

Tatoeba

住了呼吸等待着。

Wǒ bīng zhù le hūxī děngdài zhe.

I held my breath and waited.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced bǐng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 屏 (bǐng) mean in Chinese?
屏 (bǐng) primarily means "to get rid of." It is classified as HSK Level 5, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1870 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 屏 and 瓶?
屏 (bǐng) and 瓶 (píng) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 尸 vs 瓦 (same 并 component).
How many strokes does 屏 have?
屏 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 屏?
The radical associated with 屏 is 尸 (corpse). This radical appears in many characters related to corpse.
What are the components of 屏?
屏 is composed of: 户 (semantic), 并 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿸户并 with a surround-from-upper-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 屏?
Common words with 屏 include: 屏幕 (píng mù, "screen (TV, computer or movie)"); 屏蔽 (píng bì, "to screen"); 屏障 (píng zhàng, "barrier"); 荧屏 (yíng píng, "fluorescent screen"); 显示屏 (xiǎn shì píng, "display screen"). There are over 66 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 屏 (bǐng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation bǐng: 饼 (cake, pancake), 冰 (ice), 兵 (soldiers), 丙 (third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 屏 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 屏 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.