HSK 6 · Time

丙 bǐng “third (in a series)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 丙 means

  1. third (in a series)
  2. C (third Heavenly Stem)
  3. third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
  4. third in order
  5. letter “C” or Roman “III” in list “A, B, C”, or “I, II, III” etc
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • propyl

How to say 丙

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale丙bǐng3rd tone, dipping

丙 in a sentence

  1. 这次考试分甲、乙、丙三个等级。

    Zhè cì kǎoshì fēn jiǎ, yǐ, bǐng sān ge děngjí.

    This exam has three grades: A, B and C.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 甲队、乙队和丙队都进了决赛。

    Jiǎ duì, yǐ duì hé bǐng duì dōu jìn le juésài.

    Teams A, B and C all made it to the final.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 丙 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 丙 (bǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
丙bǐngthird of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
  • 一one · yī
  • 内inside · nèi

How to write 丙

丙 5 strokes

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

Words related to 丙

More words: Time & Sequence

至今zhìjīn · so far中旬zhōngxún · middle third of a month逐渐zhújiàn · gradually最初zuìchū · at first不时bùshí · frequently刹那chànà · instant朝代cháodài · dynasty成天chéngtiān · all day long

FAQs

丙 (bǐng) means “third (in a series)” or “C (third Heavenly Stem)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǐng: bǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 丙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 丙 from the suggestions. Typing bing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
丙 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.