遍 is also the simplified spelling of 徧.
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遍
Mandarin · pinyin biàn
Meanings
- everywhere
- all over
- classifier for actions: one time
Characters in this entry
- 遍
- biàn · everywhere, all over, throughout
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Mandarin tones
4 · bian4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bin3 · pin3
Cantonese word readings for 遍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to be everywhere; to be spread out; to lay out
- (literary, or in compounds) common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous
- Classifier for occurrences of events.
- (computing) pass, a run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
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