辩

biàn

dispute, argue, debate, discuss

How to write 辩, stroke by stroke

to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss

Ideographic: A bitter 辛 exchange of words 讠

Made of 辛 + 讠

辩护biàn hùto speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead
辩论biàn lùndebate; argument; to argue over
辩方biàn fāng(law) the defense
辩解biàn jiěto explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
争辩zhēng biàna dispute; to wrangle
狡辩jiǎo biànto deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses
辩护人biàn hù réndefender; defending counsel
申辩shēn biànto defend oneself; to rebut a charge
答辩dá biànto reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
抗辩kàng biànto counter accusations; to protest; to remonstrate; to retort; to plead; to demur; a plea (of not guilty); a defense (against an allegation); to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)
分辩fēn biànto explain the facts; to defend against an accusation
善辩shàn biàneloquent; good at arguing

和她争辩是没用的。
hé tā zhēng biàn shì méi yòng de 。
It is no use arguing with her.
这是场有趣的辩论。
zhè shì chǎng yǒu qù de biàn lùn 。
It was an interesting debate.
我无意争辩你的理论。
wǒ wú yì zhēng biàn nǐ de lǐ lùn 。
I have no intention in arguing about your theory.
我在给魔鬼当辩护士。
wǒ zài gěi mó guǐ dāng biàn hù shì 。
I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
下个月就要进行硕士论文答辩了。
xià gè yuè jiù yào jìn xíng shuò shì lùn wén dá biàn le 。
The defense of the master thesis is just happening next month.