HSK 6 · Education

答辩 dábiàn “to defend (a thesis)” in Chinese

Traditional 答辯

What 答辩 means

  1. to defend (a thesis)
  2. to reply (to charges)
  3. to reply (to an accusation)
  4. to defend one’s dissertation

How to say 答辩

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale答dá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale辩biàn4th tone, falling

答辩 in a sentence

  1. 你在准备论文答辩吗？

    Nǐ zài zhǔnbèi lùnwén dábiàn ma?

    Are you preparing for your thesis defence?

    Sentence #9962477 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 下个月就要进行硕士论文答辩了。

    Xià ge yuè jiù yào jìnxíng shuòshì lùnwén dábiàn le.

    The master’s thesis defence is coming up next month.

    Sentence #3380545 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 答辩 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 答 (dá) with each of its parts in a different colour
答dáto answer
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 合to combine · gě
The character 辩 (biàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
辩biànto dispute
  • 辛bitter · xīn
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 辛bitter · xīn

How to write 答辩

答 12 strokes · 辩 16 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

答辩 (dábiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 答辩 (dábiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 答辩

Words with 答

回答huídá · to reply答案dá'àn · answer答应dāying · to agree答复dáfù · to reply报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)

Words with 辩

辩论biànlùn · debate辩解biànjiě · to justify辩护biànhù · to defend辩证biànzhèng · dialectical

More words: Education & Learning

作文zuòwén · to write an essay背诵bèisòng · to recite (from memory)贬义biǎnyì · negative connotation传授chuánshòu · to teach方言fāngyán · dialect繁体字fántǐzì · traditional Chinese character简体字jiǎntǐzì · simplified Chinese characters教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing

FAQs

答辩 (dábiàn) means “to defend (a thesis)” or “to reply (to charges)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dábiàn: dá with a 2nd tone, then biàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 答辩 is written 答辯. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dabian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 答辩 from the suggestions. Typing dabian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
答辩 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.