彬彬

彬彬

Chinese

		ornamental; refined	ornamental; refined
simp. and trad. (彬彬)		彬	彬
variant forms		斌斌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīnbīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄅㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ ban¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bīnbīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄅㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binbin
    • IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ pin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ ban¹
    • Yale: bān bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ ben¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ pɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiɪn  pˠiɪn/▼

Rime
Character	彬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	府巾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/pien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjin/
Li Rong	/pjĕn/
Wang Li	/pǐĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bīn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯn  prɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彬
Reading #	1/1
No.	826
Phonetic component	彬
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	彬
Old Chinese	/*prɯn/
Notes	說文份古文

Adjective

彬彬

1. (literary, ideophonic) refined, gentle and elegant
2. (literary, ideophonic) gathering; fitting in with each other; flourishing

Derived terms

彬彬君子 彬彬文質／彬彬文质 彬彬有禮／彬彬有礼 (bīnbīnyǒulǐ) 彬彬濟濟／彬彬济济

文質彬彬／文质彬彬 (wénzhìbīnbīn) 濟濟彬彬／济济彬彬 郁郁彬彬