biàn zi

Traditional: 辮子

HSK 7–9

辫子 (biàn zi) is a Chinese word meaning “plait; braid; pigtail”.

Meanings

  1. 1plait
  2. 2braid
  3. 3pigtail
  4. 4a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent
  5. 5handle
  6. 6CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 辫子

辫biàn · a braid or queue子zǐ · son

Related words

孩子child儿子son房子house妻子wife and children妻子wife案子long table; counter样子appearance小子(literary) youngster小子(coll.) boy子son子noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"日子day

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