HSK 6 · Society

辩护 biànhù “to defend” in Chinese

Traditional 辯護

What 辩护 means

  1. to defend
  2. to speak in defence of
  3. to argue in favour of
  4. to plead

How to say 辩护

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale辩biàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale护hù4th tone, falling

辩护 in a sentence

  1. 律师在法庭上为他辩护。

    Lǜshī zài fǎtíng shàng wèi tā biànhù.

    The lawyer defended him in court.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你不用为自己的错误辩护。

    Nǐ búyòng wèi zìjǐ de cuòwù biànhù.

    There’s no need to defend your mistake.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 辩护 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 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
The character 护 (hù) with each of its parts in a different colour
护hùto protect; to guard
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 户door · hù

Memory aidPicture a hand 扌 guarding the door 户: to protect.

How to write 辩护

辩 16 strokes · 护 7 strokes

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

Words related to 辩护

Words with 辩

辩论biànlùn · debate辩解biànjiě · to justify答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)辩证biànzhèng · dialectical

Words with 护

护照hùzhào · passport保护bǎohù · to protect护士hùshi · nurse爱护àihù · to cherish救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance拥护yōnghù · to support守护shǒuhù · to guard维护wéihù · to safeguard掩护yǎnhù · to cover

More words: Society & Law

暴力bàolì · violence保卫bǎowèi · to defend保障bǎozhàng · to ensure被告bèigào · defendant表决biǎojué · to vote表彰biǎozhāng · to commend剥削bōxuē · to exploit草案cǎo'àn · draft (of a law or plan)

FAQs

辩护 (biànhù) means “to defend” or “to speak in defence of”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biànhù: biàn with a 4th tone, then hù 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, 辩护 is written 辯護. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 辩护 from the suggestions. Typing bianhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
辩护 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.