Word information
Simplified彼岸
Traditional彼岸
Pinyinbǐ àn
Part of speechDictionary
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HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 彼岸
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
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彼此bǐcǐ
each other; one another
岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast; variant of 岸[an4]
海岸hǎi’àncoastal; seacoast
两岸liǎng’ànbilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland
此起彼伏cǐqǐ-bǐfúup here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
对岸duì’ànopposite bank (of a body of water)