彬彬

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīnbīn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣㄅㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ ban¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīnbīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣㄅㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: binbin
  - Wade–Giles: pin¹-pin¹
  - Yale: bīn-bīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binbin
  - Palladius: биньбинь (binʹbinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ pin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹ ban¹
  - Yale: bān bān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ ban¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ ben¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ pɐn⁵⁵/

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)	III
Fanqie	府巾切
Baxter	pin
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ban¹

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

(literary, ideophonic) refined, gentle and elegant
(literary, ideophonic) having both literary flourish and substance
(literary, ideophonic) gathering; fitting in with each other; flourishing

Synonyms

(refined):

Synonyms of 彬彬

典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
古雅 (gǔyǎ)
幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
文雅 (wényǎ)
斯文 (sīwén)
斯文胎胎 (Sichuan)
斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)

酥巧 (Min Nan)
雅相 (Xiang)
高尚 (gāoshàng)
高雅 (gāoyǎ)
優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)

Antonyms

(refined):

低下 (dīxià)
低俗 (dīsú)
俗骨 (Cantonese)
卑俗 (bēisú)
庸俗 (yōngsú)

鄙俗 (bǐsú)
鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)
低級／低级 (dījí)
俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)

Derived terms

彬彬君子
郁郁彬彬
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

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