Chinese symbol for “debate”
辩论
biàn lùn
Traditional: 辯論
debate; argument; to argue over; 场 (chǎng),次 (cì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for debate is 辩论 (biàn lùn), defined as: debate; argument; to argue over; 场 (chǎng),次 (cì).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “debate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 论战 (論戰) | lùn zhàn | to debate; to contend |
| 争论 (爭論) | zhēng lùn | to argue; to debate |
| 辩诬 (辯誣) | biàn wū | to debate; to refute |
| 辩难 (辯難) | biàn nàn | to debate; to retort |
| 辩 (辯) | biàn | to dispute; to debate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辩论.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辩护 (辯護) | biàn hù | to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of |
| 辩解 (辯解) | biàn jiě | to explain; to justify |
| 争辩 (爭辯) | zhēng biàn | a dispute; to wrangle |
| 辩证法 (辯證法) | biàn zhèng fǎ | dialectics; dialectic or Socratic method of debate |
| 答辩 (答辯) | dá biàn | to reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
See also: Japanese symbol for “debate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.