併
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bìng · to combine, to annex

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8Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 併

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Example sentences

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Sān líng yín xíng hé dōng jīng yín xíng hé bìng le.三菱銀行和東京銀行合併了。

The Mitsubishi Bank merged with the Bank of Tokyo.

Source: Tatoeba #596738 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fēn zhī hé hé bìng shì bǎn běn kòng zhì de liǎng zhǒng jī běn cāo zuò.分支和合併是版本控制的兩種基本操作。

Branching and merging are two basic operations of revision control.

Source: Tatoeba #892339 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yí dào zuǒ xiàn, wéi xiǎng bìng rù de nà liàng jū téng chū kōng jiàn.移到左線,為想併入的那輛車騰出空間。

Get into the left lane to make room for the guy who's trying to merge.

Source: Tatoeba #13865937 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zì cóng gōng sī hé bìng le yǐ hòu, yí qiè dōu biàn dé shí fēn hùn luàn.自從公司合併了以後,一切都變得十分混亂。

The office has been topsy-turvy since the merger upset everything.

Source: Tatoeba #494474 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zuó tiān tū rán chuán chū le liǎng jiàn gōng sī hé bìng de xiāo xī.昨天突然傳出了兩間公司合併的消息。

The news of the merger of the two companies broke yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba #1085614 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 併 in context

  1. Say bìng, then recall the core meaning: to combine, to annex.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 併 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.