bìng

variant of 並|并[bing4]

two strokes (丷) + open (开) = side by side, together

Two people standing side by side, opening up together — 并 captures the sense of joining, combining, or doing things simultaneously. The original form showed two figures aligned in parallel.

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这两件事不矛盾。

zhè liǎng jiàn shì bìng bù máodùn。

these two things are not contradictory at all.

没有说过这句话。

tā bìng méiyǒu shuō guò zhè jù huà。

he never actually said those words.

Words with 并

连三并四

lián sān bìng sì

one after the other

连镳并轸

lián biāo bìng zhěn

lit. reins together and carriages level (idiom); keeping exactly abreast of one another

齐头并进

qí tóu bìng jìn

to go forward together (idiom); to undertake simultaneous tasks

一并

yī bìng

variant of 一併|一并[yi1 bing4]

三江并流

sān jiāng bìng liú

the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1], Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江|澜沧江[Lan2 cang1 Jiang1], and Nu River (Salween) 怒江[Nu4 Jiang1] – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site

并不

bìng bù

not at all; by no means

并不在乎

bìng bù zài hu

really does not care

并且

bìng qiě

and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition

并列

bìng liè

to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed

并口

bìng kǒu

parallel port (computing)

并坐

bìng zuò

to sit together

并存

bìng cún

to exist at the same time

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