biàn

dispute, argue, debate, discuss

DEFINITIONS

辯 biàn
  • to dispute
  • to debate
  • to argue
  • to discuss

WORDS

術 guǐ biàn shù specious arguments; sophistry
別 biàn bié to differentiate; to distinguish; to discriminate; also written 辨別|辨别
士 biàn shì eloquent person; person with rhetoric skills
才 biàn cái eloquence
才天 biàn cái tiān Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
明 biàn míng to explain clearly; to elucidate
機 biàn jī Bianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4], author and translator of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 大唐西域記|大唐西域记[Da4 Tang2 Xi1 yu4 Ji4]
爭 biàn zhēng to argue; to dispute
白 biàn bái to offer an explanation; to plead innocence; to try to defend oneself
稱 biàn chēng to argue (that); to allege; to dispute; to plead (e.g. not guilty)
答 biàn dá a reply (in debate)
解 biàn jiě to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
詞 biàn cí an excuse
認 biàn rèn to distinguish; to examine and recognize
誣 biàn wū to debate; to refute
說 biàn shuō to debate; to argue
論 biàn lùn debate; argument; to argue over; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
證 biàn zhèng to investigate; dialectical
證唯物主義 biàn zhèng wéi wù zhǔ yì dialectical materialism
證法 biàn zhèng fǎ dialectics; dialectic or Socratic method of debate
護 biàn hù to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead
護人 biàn hù rén defender; defending counsel
護士 biàn hù shì defender; apologist
辭 biàn cí an excuse
難 biàn nàn to debate; to retort; to refute