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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[biàn]
  1. 1. adverb all over
    我把柜子翻了个也没找着。
    I searched all through my wardrobe but couldn't find it.
  2. 2. measure word
    我说了两
    I said it twice.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[biàn]
  1. 1. adverb all over; everywhere
    我找了也没找着。
    I have looked everywhere, but I can't find it.
    全省
    travel all over the province
    我们的朋友天下。
    We have friends all over the world.
    他自称打天下无敌手。
    身都是伤。
    漫山野都是盛开的野花。
  2. 2. measure word (for actions) once through; a time
    这本书我从头到尾看过两
    I've read the book twice from cover to cover.
    请再说一
    Please say it again.
    老师让他重做一作业。
    听力题每道重复两

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[biàn]
  1. 1. ;到处
    漫山
    地。
  2. 2. 用于一个动作从头到尾的全过程
    说了一又一
    这本书我看过好多
  3. 3. 统读biàn,不读piàn。

Examples

我们的朋友天下。
We have friends all over the world.
这种话,她翻来覆去不知说过多少了。
This is what she has been saying over and over again—I don't know how many times. 翻来覆去
体生津
perspire all over
这本书我看了多少都不觉得腻烦。
I never get bored reading and rereading this book. 腻烦
这支小夜曲我听多少也不觉得厌烦。
I never tire of listening to this serenade. 厌烦
我的小侄女非常喜欢超人这部影片,看了好多了。 超人
一首英雄的颂歌了南北各地。
这件工艺品总共上了20油漆。 油漆
革命斗争地开花。 革命
随着互联网的发展, 聊天网站早已在国内地开花。
With the development of the internet, chatting websites have become widespread across the country. 遍地开花

Character Decomposition


[zǒu,chuò]
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nciku Note

次 and 遍

这两个词都是动量词。用于反复出现的事物。“遍”同事强调从开始到结束的过程。
Both are verbal measure words to indicate “the repetition of an action”. 遍 also stresses the course of the action.
1.“次”可用于正式的、反复出现的大事,如“第一次全国代表大会”、“第二次国内革命战争”、“第三次旅行”等。“遍”没有以上的用法。
次 can be applied to the formal reoccurrence of major events, e.g. 第一次全国代表大会(the First National People’s Congress), 第二次国内革命战争(the Second Revolutionary Civil War), 第三次旅行(the third tour). 遍 cannot be used in this way.

2.“次”可说“初次”、“再次”、“前次”;“遍”则不能这样搭配。
次 can be used in phrases, e.g. 初次(first time), 再次 (second time), 前次 (last time), etc. 遍 cannot be used for such phrases.

3.两个词都可受数词修饰,前面还可以加“第”、“前”、“后”等。如“一次”、“两次”、“第一次”、“前一次”、“后一次”、“最后一次”等,以及“一遍”、“两遍”、“第三遍”、“前一遍”、“后一遍”、“最后一遍”等。但是“二遍”很少用,“二次”则可以用,如“二次进京”。
Both words can be qualified by a numeral preceded with 第 (used before numerals to form ordinal numbers), 前,后,最后,etc.: 一次,两次,第一次,前一次,后一次,最后一次,etc., and 一遍,两遍,第三编,前一遍,后一遍,最后一边,etc. 二遍 is rarely used but 二次 can be used, e.g. 二次进京 (visiting the capital again).

4.“次”用得较广较多,“遍”因表示一个人从始至终的历程,一般用于“读”、“写”、“唱”、“说”、“画”等具有历程性的动作。
次 is used more often. 遍 stresses a course from the beginning to end and so it is applied to actions like 读,写,唱,说,画, etc. which involve a course.
(1) 他来过我家两次。
(2)我不会做这道题,他就把这题的要领给我从头到尾讲了一遍。
(3)这篇文章他才读了三遍,然后就背下来了。

5.有时动作的重复性与历程性兼而有之,用“次”或“遍”均可。
Some action feature repetition as well as duration, so either 次 or 遍 can be used.
(1)这幅画再让我看一遍吧。
(2)这件事你说了很多遍了。
两个词都可以重叠。
Both words can be reduplicated.
(3)他一次次失败,又一次次从失败中站起来。
(4)经过一遍遍的练习,他终于熟练弹奏这首曲子了。

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