宾
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visitor; guest; object (in grammar)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #934 U+5BBE
How 宾 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A solider 兵 quartered under one's roof 宀
How to remember it
visitor · Heisig RSH #2369
兵 troops + house
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 宾 as their sound component
These characters all use 宾 (bīn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宾 sound component | bīn | guest, visitor; surname; submit |
| 滨 | bīn | beach, coast, river bank |
| 槟 | bīn | betel-nut, areca nut |
| 殡 | bìn | funeral; to enbalm, to inter |
| 鬓 | bìn | hair on temples |
| 缤 | bīn | abundant, diverse, variegated |
| 膑 | bìn | kneecap |
| 摈 | bìn | to exclude, to expel, to reject; to usher |
| 嫔 | pín | courtesan; palace maid |
| 髌 | bìn | kneecap |
| 镔 | bīn | high-quality iron |
Words containing 宾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯克里亚宾 | Sī kè lǐ yà bīn | Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist |
| 新宾满族自治县 | Xīn bīn Mǎn zú Zì zhì xiàn | Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County, in Fushun City 撫順市|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 车里雅宾斯克 | Chē lǐ yǎ bīn sī kè | Chelyabinsk town on the eastern flanks of Ural, on trans-Siberian railway |
| 新宾满族县 | Xīn bīn Mǎn zú Xiàn | see 新賓滿族自治縣|新宾满族自治县[Xin1 bin1 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 新宾县 | Xīn bīn Xiàn | see 新賓滿族自治縣|新宾满族自治县[Xin1 bin1 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 宾阳县 | Bīn yáng Xiàn | Binyang, a county in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 来宾市 | Lái bīn Shì | Laibin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 x… |
| 动宾式 | dòng bīn shì | verb-object construction |
| 间接宾语 | jiàn jiē bīn yǔ | indirect object (grammar) |
| 直接宾语 | zhí jiē bīn yǔ | direct object (grammar) |
| 利宾纳 | lì bīn nà | Ribena |
| 宾夕法尼亚大学 | Bīn xī fǎ ní yà Dà xué | University of Pennsylvania |
| 兴宾区 | Xīng bīn Qū | Xingbin, a district of Laibin City 來賓市|来宾市[Lai2 bin1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 提姆·罗宾斯 | Tí mǔ · Luó bīn sī | Tim Robbins (1958-), American actor, director, activist and musician |
| 座上宾 | zuò shàng bīn | distinguished guest; honored guest |
| 宾川县 | Bīn chuān Xiàn | Binchuan, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zho… |
| 宾县 | Bīn Xiàn | Bin County or Binxian, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 国宾 | guó bīn | state visitor; visiting head of state |
| 罗宾汉 | Luó bīn hàn | Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero) |
| 宾天 | bīn tiān | (euphemism) (of an emperor or other highly respected person) to pass away |