(bīn)

HSK 510 strokesTrad.

visitor

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
bīn
Meaning
visitor; guest; object (in grammar)
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱宀兵

A solider 兵 quartered under one's roof 宀

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form : Someone 小 living under one's roof 宀; 貝 also provides the pronunciation

How to write step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiābīn
HSK 6

esteemed guest

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láibīn
HSK 7-9

see 来宾市

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guìbīn
HSK 7-9

honored guest

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zhǔbīn

guest of honor; host and guests

Open 主宾 page →
jiābīn

variant of 嘉宾

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Laibin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区

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carbine rifle (loanword)

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to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit

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