HSK 6 · Verbs

辩解 biànjiě “to justify” in Chinese

Traditional 辯解

What 辩解 means

  1. to justify
  2. to explain oneself
  3. to explain
  4. to defend (a point of view etc)
  5. to provide an explanation
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to try to defend oneself

How to say 辩解

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale解jiě3rd tone, dipping

辩解 in a sentence

  1. 做错了就承认，不要辩解。

    Zuòcuò le jiù chéngrèn, búyào biànjiě.

    If you’ve done something wrong, admit it and don’t make excuses.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他想为自己辩解，可是没人听。

    Tā xiǎng wèi zìjǐ biànjiě, kěshì méi rén tīng.

    He tried to explain himself, but nobody listened.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 辩解 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 解 (jiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
解jiěto divide
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 刀knife · dāo
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidA knife 刀 taking the horn 角 off an ox 牛: to take apart, to explain.

How to write 辩解

辩 16 strokes · 解 13 strokes

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

Words related to 辩解

Words with 辩

辩论biànlùn · debate答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)辩护biànhù · to defend辩证biànzhèng · dialectical

Words with 解

解决jiějué · settle a dispute了解liǎojiě · comprehend解释jiěshì · explanation理解lǐjiě · to comprehend缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief解剖jiěpōu · to dissect误解wùjiě · to misunderstand解除jiěchú · to remove解散jiěsàn · to dissolve解体jiětǐ · to disintegrate

More words: Thinking & Talking

拜托bàituō · to ask a favour保密bǎomì · to keep something secret鞭策biāncè · to spur on贬低biǎndī · to belittle辨认biànrèn · to identify表态biǎotài · to state one’s position不敢当bùgǎndāng · I don’t deserve such praise采纳cǎinà · to adopt

FAQs

辩解 (biànjiě) means “to justify” or “to explain oneself”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biànjiě: biàn with a 4th tone, then jiě with a 3rd 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, 辩解 is written 辯解. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 辩解 from the suggestions. Typing bianjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
辩解 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.