遍 biàn a time (through)
a time (through); everywhere
怎么记住“遍”: 辶 walking + 扁 flat = a time (through). The farmer's son goes walking down every lane in the flat countryside to check each field one more time.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
遍 = 辶 walking + 扁 flat
- 辶 walking meaning
- 扁 flat sound
The farmer's son goes walking down every lane in the flat countryside to check each field one more time.
How it came to be
Walking gives the meaning and flat the sound.
用法
- "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.
含“遍”的词语
例句
- 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.