遍 biàn a time (through)
a time (through); everywhere
How to remember 遍: 辶 road + 扁 flat = a time (through). The farmer's son drives his tractor down every road in the flat countryside to check each field one more time.
Component breakdown
遍 = 辶 road + 扁 flat
- 辶 road
- 扁 flat
The farmer's son drives his tractor down every road in the flat countryside to check each field one more time.
How it is used
- "A time, through from start to finish" - 看一遍 (kàn yí biàn) read/watch all the way through once. It stresses the whole run, unlike plain 次 (cì).
- Compare 次: 去过三次 (qùguo sān cì) went three times counts occasions; 念三遍 (niàn sān biàn) recite three times counts complete passes through the text.
- Second sense "everywhere/all over": 普遍 (pǔbiàn) widespread, 遍地 (biàndì) all over the ground, 遍布 (biànbù) to be spread throughout.
Words with 遍
Example sentences
- 请你再说一遍。 Qǐng nǐ zài shuō yí biàn.Can you please say it again.
- 中国人普遍都爱吃包子。 Zhōngguórén pǔbiàn dōu ài chī bāozi.Most Chinese love to eat baozi.