彬彬

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīnbīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄅㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ ban¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīnbīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄅㄧㄣ
    • 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/

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• Middle Chinese: pin pin

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

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

Synonyms

• (refined):

• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
• 嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
• 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 文雅 (wényǎ)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高雅 (gāoyǎ)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “refined”):

• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 庸俗 (yōngsú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

 

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

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彬彬):

• → Japanese: 彬彬(ひんぴん) (hinpin)
• → Korean: 빈빈(彬彬) (binbin)