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宾 (賓)

bīn

Definition

visitor
guest
object (in grammar)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (10)

shore; beach; coast; bank; to border on

temples; hair on the temples

imperial concubine

fine steel

a funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial

helter-skelter; mixed colors; in confusion

to reject; to expel; to discard; to exclude; to renounce

betel; betel nut; betel palm (Areca catechu); Taiwan pr. [bin1]

kneecapping; to cut or smash the kneecaps as corporal punishment

best man; to entertain

Related words (32)

host and guest

guests; visitors

guests; invited friends

bingo (loanword)

accusative case (grammar)

punch (loanword)

predicate

object (grammar)

guesthouse; hotel; hostel

bīn zhì rú guī

guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc); a home away from home

宾语关系从句

bīn yǔ guān xì cóng jù

object relative clause

guest of honor; host and guests

guest from the same country; internal or domestic visitor (as opposed to international guest 外賓|外宾)

special guest; distinguished guest; honored guest; esteemed guest; guest (on a show)

state visitor; visiting head of state

foreign guest; international visitor

guest; visitor

protocol; official etiquette

honored guest; distinguished guest; VIP

to welcome a guest; to entertain a customer (of prostitute)

bargain sale; discount

private teacher; preceptor

subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)

subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)

dòng bīn shì

verb-object construction

kǎ bīn qiāng

carbine rifle (loanword)

guó bīn guǎn

state guesthouse

guì bīn quǎn

poodle

wǔ cǎi bīn fēn

colorful

zhí jiē bīn yǔ

direct object (grammar)

xī luò sài bīn

psilocybin

jiàn jiē bīn yǔ

indirect object (grammar)

Idioms (6)

bīn kè yíng mén

guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors

bīn péng mǎn zuò

guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors

bīn péng yíng mén

guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors

āi gào bīn fú

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

xuān bīn duó zhǔ

(lit.) the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom); (fig.) a minor player upstages the main attraction; minor details obscure the main point; the sauce is better than the fish

xiāng jìng rú bīn

to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom); mutual respect between husband and wife

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