叛 (pàn) — to betray; to rebel (bound form)
Definition
叛 is a bound morpheme meaning 'betray / rebel,' almost always paired with another character (背叛, 叛乱, 叛变) — it rarely stands alone.
bound form
to betrayto rebel (bound form)
Easily confused
- 贩fànlook-aliketo buy and resell; to peddle
- 判pànsound-aliketo judge, to sentence (in a legal context)
- 盼pànsound-aliketo long for, to look forward to, to eagerly await
- 拚pànsound-alike(bound form) to abandon, to disregard
- 畔pànsound-alike(bound form) side, bank, edge of a river, lake, or field
- 泮pànsound-alikebound form used in 泮池 (pond in front of a Confucian temple) and 泮宫 (ancient school)
Examples
- ，。Tā bèi pàn le péng you, dà jiā dōu hěn shī wàng.He betrayed his friend, and everyone was disappointed.
- ，。Zhè ge guó jiā fā shēng le pàn luàn, jú shì fēi cháng jǐn zhāng.A rebellion broke out in this country, and the situation is very tense.
- ，。Tā zài zhàn zhēng zhōng xuǎn zé pàn biàn, jiā rù le dí jūn.He chose to defect during the war and joined the enemy forces.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
叛 pairs 反 as its meaning part with 半 as its sound part.
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