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Chinese
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ornamental; refined
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ornamental; refined
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simp. and trad.
(彬彬)
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彬
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彬
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| alternative forms
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斌斌
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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彬
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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826
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Phonetic
component
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彬
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Rime
group
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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彬
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Old
Chinese
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/*prɯn/
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| Notes
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說文份古文
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Adjective
彬彬
- (literary, ideophonic) refined, gentle and elegant
- (literary, ideophonic) having both literary flourish and substance
- (literary, ideophonic) gathering; fitting in with each other; flourishing
Synonyms
- 優美 / 优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
- 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
- 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
- 嫻 / 娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
- 嫻靜 / 娴静 (xiánjìng)
- 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
- 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 文雅 (wényǎ)
- 文靜 / 文静 (wénjìng)
- 斯文 (sīwén)
- 斯文胎胎 (si1 wen2 tai1 tai1) (Sichuanese)
- 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
- 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
- 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 雅相 (ia3 sian4) (Xiang)
- 雅緻 / 雅致 (yǎzhì)
- 高尚 (gāoshàng)
- 高雅 (gāoyǎ)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “refined”):
- 低下 (dīxià)
- 低俗 (dīsú)
- 低級 / 低级 (dījí)
- 俗氣 / 俗气 (súqì)
- 俗骨 (zuk6 gwat1) (Cantonese)
- 傖俗 / 伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
- 卑俗 (bēisú)
- 庸俗 (yōngsú)
- 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
- 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)
Derived terms
Descendants