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soldiers 兵
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Explanation |
Ping-pong is in Chinese: "Pīngpāng qiú 乒乓球", where the player stands alternately on different legs, like a marching soldier.
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Used in these characters:
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宾
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| visitor, guest, object (in grammar)
bīn
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宀
宾
兵
丘
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Top: roof 宀, bottom: soldier 兵 (At the hill 丘 there are eight 八 soldiers.)
(At compulsory billeting) Under your roof a soldier is accommodated as your: guest.
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乒
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| table tennis (ping-pong)
pīng
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丿
兵
丘
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Like a soldier 兵 (At the hill 丘 there are eight 八 soldiers) who stands on one leg or the other when playing table tennis. Or phonetically 乒 (pīng) 乓 (pāng) as a double sound, like in table tennis.
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乓
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| onomat. bang
pāng
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丘
兵
丿
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Like a soldier 兵 who stands on one leg or the other when playing table tennis. Or phonetically 乒 (pīng) 乓 (pāng) as a double sound, like in table tennis.
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兵
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| soldiers, an army, military
bīng
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兵
丘
八
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Top: hill 丘 (An axe 斤 in the ground 一 as a burial object in the [burial] mound/hill.), below: eight 八
At the hill are eight soldiers.
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滨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| coast, beach, shore, bank, to border on
bīn
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氵
宾
兵
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Left: water 氵, right: visitor, guest 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is [billeted] as your guest.)
You have water as your "guest", if you (= your premises) is located at: a coast.
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鬓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| temples, hair on the temples
bìn
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髟
宾
兵
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Top: hair 髟, bottom: guest, visitor 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
(not central on your head) The hair that are a 'guest' are at: the temples.
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缤
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JLPT no HSK |
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| helter-skelter, mixed colors, in confusion
bīn
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幺
宾
兵
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: visitor, guest 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
When (many) threads are 'guests', it's a confusion.
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殡
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a funeral, to encoffin a corpse
bìn
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歹
宾
兵
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Left: bad, evil 歹 (image of a bone), right: visitor, guest 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
Bones and visitors are: at a funeral.
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嫔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| imperial concubine
pín
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女
宾
兵
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Left: woman 女, right: guest, visitor 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
The woman for the guests is a concubine.
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