bīn

visitor

guest; object (in grammar)

Roof (宀) + soldiers (兵) = honored guest under protection

A roof shelters the guest; soldiers (兵) once signaled the armed escort or retinue that accompanied an honored visitor. Together they evoke someone received under your roof with formal care.

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SoldiersSemantic
RoofSemantic

Words with 宾

酬宾

chóu bīn

bargain sale

间接宾语

jiàn jiē bīn yǔ

indirect object (grammar)

雅各宾派

yǎ gè bīn pài

Jacobin club, French revolutionary party that played a leading role in the reign of terror 1791-1794

馆宾

guǎn bīn

private teacher

骆宾王

luò bīn wáng

Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]

鲁宾

lǔ bīn

Rubin (name)

黄宾虹

huáng bīn hóng

Huang Binhong (1865-1955), art historian and literati painter

主谓宾

zhǔ wèi bīn

subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)

主宾

zhǔ bīn

guest of honor

主宾谓

zhǔ bīn wèi

subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)

佳宾

jiā bīn

variant of 嘉賓|嘉宾[jia1 bin1]

来宾

lái bīn

see 來賓市|来宾市[Lai2 bin1 Shi4]

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