扁 (piān): flat, (coll.) to beat (sb) up, (bound form) small
扁 (piān) is a Chinese character meaning “flat.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 户 (structural). It ranks #1721 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- flat
- (coll.) to beat (sb) up
- (bound form) small
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扁桃体 | biǎn táo tǐ | tonsil |
| 扁平 | biǎn píng | flat |
| 扁豆 | biǎn dòu | hyacinth bean |
| 扁平足 | biǎn píng zú | flat feet |
| 扁桃腺 | biǎn táo xiàn | tonsil |
| 扁舟 | piān zhōu | (literary) small boat |
| 扁担 | biǎn dan | carrying pole |
| 陈水扁 | chén shuǐ biǎn | Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008 |
| 扁形动物 | biǎn xíng dòng wù | flatworm |
| 走扁带 | zǒu biǎn dài | slacklining |
| 看扁 | kàn biǎn | to have a low opinion of |
| 扁担星 | biǎn dan xīng | Altair and its two adjacent stars |
| 海扁 | hǎi biǎn | (slang) to beat sb up |
| 阿扁 | ā biǎn | A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] |
| 倒扁 | dǎo biǎn | Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in ... |
扁 appears in 34 compound words: 68 as the first character, 26 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 扁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了扁字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le piān zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "扁" in the dictionary.
屏东女青年发起捡菸蒂活动 陈水扁留言加油
bǐng dōng nǚ qīng nián fā qǐ jiǎn 菸 dì huó dòng chén shuǐ piān liú yán jiā yóu
Young women in Pingtung launch cigarette butt cleanup campaign; Chen Shui-bian leaves a message of encouragement
气小孩不受教!台中虎妈痛扁2童打到断指
qì xiǎo hái bù shòu jiào ! tái zhōng hǔ mā tòng piān 2 tóng dǎ dào duàn zhǐ
"That unruly child won't listen!" Taichung "Tiger Mom" beats two children so severely that one loses a finger
一次解决消音、火焰和后座力 美绿扁帽枪枝装备MFMD枪口系统
yī cì jiě jué xiāo yīn , huǒ yàn hé hòu zuò lì měi lǜ piān mào qiāng zhī zhuāng bèi M F M D qiāng kǒu xì tǒng
Silencing, muzzle flash, and recoil—all addressed in one go: Mei Lü Bian Mao firearms equipped with the MFMD muzzle system
绿扁帽当到反恐首长!肯特一封辞职信 如何撕裂...
lǜ piān mào dāng dào fǎn kǒng shǒu cháng ! kěn tè yī fēng cí zhí xìn rú hé sī liè . . .
A Green Beret Becomes Head of Counterterrorism! How Kent’s Resignation Letter Tore Apart...
台中台74线五车连环撞 计程车车尾撞扁...近8旬乘客受伤
tái zhōng tái 7 4 xiàn wǔ chē lián huán zhuàng jì chéng chē chē wěi zhuàng piān . . . jìn 8 xún chéng kè shòu shāng
Taichung Taiwan Line 74 five cars collided in a series of taxi tails... Nearly 80 passengers were injured
我真的很想扁一个人。
Wǒ zhēn de hěn xiǎng biǎn yīgèrén.
I really need to hit somebody.
使用这个香蕉盒，可以让您运送香蕉时不会压扁它们。
Shǐyòng zhège xiāngjiāo hé, kěyǐ ràng nín yùnsòng xiāngjiāo shí bù huì yābiǎn tāmen.
By using this banana case, you can transport bananas without squashing them.
Character Family
户 Radical Family — Characters sharing the door radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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