Writing
答辩 (dá biàn) — how to say "to defend" in Chinese
答辩
To defend (a thesis), to rebut
verb
Character composition
答
to answer
辩
to argue, to defend
Radicals / Keys
竹
Bamboo
#118 · zhú · 6 strokes
辛
Bitter
#160 · xīn · 7 strokes
Collocations
论文答辩
lùn wén dá biàn
thesis defense
进行答辩
jìn xíng dá biàn
conduct a defense
Examples
他的论文答辩进行得非常顺利。
His thesis defense went very smoothly.
他明天答辩。
He has his thesis defense tomorrow.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say "to defend" in Chinese?
"to defend" in Chinese is 答辩 (dá biàn).
答辩 meaning in English
答辩 (dá biàn) means "To defend (a thesis), to rebut".
How is 答辩 pronounced?
It is pronounced dá biàn (written as da bian, dabian). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "to defend" in Chinese characters?
It is written 答辩: 答 has 12 strokes, 辩 has 16 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 答辩?
答辩 belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary list.
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