答辩
Old HSK 6
答辩 (dábiàn) · to defend (a thesis)
答辩 (dábiàn) means “to defend (a thesis); oral defence”. It is written with 2 characters: 答 (to answer) + 辩 (to argue). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 答辩 is built
The characters
答 dá · to answer
What 答 is made of
- ⺮zhú — bamboo
- 合hé — to combine
- 亼jí — to assemble
- 人rén — person
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亼jí — to assemble
辩 biàn · to argue
What 辩 is made of
- 辛xīn — bitter
- 立lì — to stand
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 立lì — to stand
- 讠yán — speech
- 辛xīn — bitter
- 立lì — to stand
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 立lì — to stand
Origin hint: A bitter 辛 exchange of words 讠 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他下个月要进行论文答辩。Tā xià gè yuè yào jìnxíng lùnwén dábiàn.He has his thesis defence next month.
她的答辩很成功。Tā de dábiàn hěn chénggōng.Her defence went very well.
Questions about 答辩
What does 答辩 mean?
答辩 (dábiàn) means “to defend (a thesis); oral defence”.
How do you pronounce 答辩?
答辩 is pronounced dábiàn.
Which HSK level is 答辩?
答辩 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 回答huídáto answer
- 答应dāyingto agree
- 答案dá'ànanswer
- 报答bàodáto repay
- 答复dáfùreply
- 答dáto answer
- 辩论biànlùndebate
- 辩护biànhùto defend
- 辩解biànjiěto justify
- 辩证biànzhèngdialectical
Learn 答辩 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 36: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.