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Meaning

a time; everywhere; turn; all over; one time

Chinese: 到处、全部,也作动作次数。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “bian” becomes a different word in each tone. 遍 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 普遍pǔ biànuniversal; general; widespread; common
  • 遍布biàn bùto cover the whole (area); to be found throughout
  • 遍地biàn dìeverywhere; all over
  • 一遍yī biànone time (all the way through); once through
  • 遍体biàn tǐall over the body

Example Sentence

这首歌我已经听了好几遍。Zhè shǒu gē wǒ yǐ jīng tīng le hǎo jǐ biàn.I have already listened to this song several times.

Zhèthisshǒuheadsong (CL:首,支)I已经yǐ jīngalreadytīngto listen tole(completed action)好几hǎo jǐseveralbiàneverywhere