HSK 4 · Function Words

并且 bìngqiě “and” in Chinese

Traditional 並且

What 并且 means

  1. and
  2. besides
  3. moreover
  4. furthermore
  5. in addition

How to say 并且

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale并bìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale且qiě3rd tone, dipping

并且 in a sentence

  1. 规则要少，并且最重要的是要简单。

    Guīzé yào shǎo, bìngqiě zuì zhòngyào de shì yào jiǎndān.

    Rules should be few and, most importantly, simple.

    Sentence #7771972 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我很惊讶，并且感到难过。

    Wǒ hěn jīngyà, bìngqiě gǎndào nánguò.

    I was surprised, and sad as well.

    Sentence #9495803 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们所有的老师都很年轻并且喜爱教学。

    Wǒmen suǒyǒu de lǎoshī dōu hěn niánqīng bìngqiě xǐ'ài jiāoxué.

    All our teachers are young and love teaching.

    Sentence #919851 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 并且 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 并 (bìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
并bìngand
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 开to open · kāi
The character 且 (qiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
且qiěand
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 一one · yī

How to write 并且

并 6 strokes · 且 5 strokes

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

Words related to 并且

Words with 并

并bìng · and并列bìngliè · to stand side by side合并hébìng · to merge并非bìngfēi · to not be

Words with 且

而且érqiě · moreover暂且zànqiě · for the time being姑且gūqiě · for the time being况且kuàngqiě · moreover尚且shàngqiě · even

More words: Particles & Connectors

地de · particle used after a description按时ànshí · on time按照ànzhào · according to倍bèi · times比如bǐrú · for example不得不bùdébù · have no choice or option but to不过búguò · but不仅bùjǐn · not only (… but also)

FAQs

并且 (bìngqiě) means “and” or “besides”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it bìngqiě: bìng with a 4th tone, then qiě 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, 并且 is written 並且. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bingqie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 并且 from the suggestions. Typing bingqie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
并且 is an HSK 4 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.