| 辯 | [ biàn ] to dispute, to debate, to argue, to discuss |
| 辯別 | [ biàn bié ] to differentiate, to distinguish, to discriminate, also written 辨別|辨别 |
| 辯士 | [ biàn shì ] eloquent person, person with rhetoric skills |
| 辯才 | [ biàn caí ] eloquence |
| 辯才天 | [ biàn caí tiān ] Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma) |
| 辯方 | [ biàn fāng ] (law) the defense |
| 辯明 | [ biàn míng ] to explain clearly, to elucidate |
| 辯機 | [ biàn jī ] Bianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4], author and translator of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 大唐西域記|大唐西域记[Da4 Tang2 Xi1 yu4 Ji4] |
| 辯爭 | [ biàn zhēng ] to argue, to dispute |
| 辯白 | [ biàn baí ] to offer an explanation, to plead innocence, to try to defend oneself |
| 辯稱 | [ biàn chēng ] to argue (that), to allege, to dispute, to plead (e.g. not guilty) |
| 辯答 | [ biàn dá ] a reply (in debate) |
| 辯解 | [ biàn jiě ] to explain, to justify, to defend (a point of view etc), to provide an explanation, to try to defend oneself |
| 辯詞 | [ biàn cí ] an excuse |
| 辯誣 | [ biàn wū ] to debate, to refute |
| 辯說 | [ biàn shuō ] to debate, to argue |
| 辯論 | [ biàn lùn ] debate, argument, to argue over, CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] |
| 辯證 | [ biàn zhèng ] to investigate, dialectical |
| 辯證唯物主義 | [ biàn zhèng weí wù zhǔ yì ] dialectical materialism |
| 辯證法 | [ biàn zhèng fǎ ] dialectics, dialectic or Socratic method of debate |
| 辯護 | [ biàn hù ] to speak in defense of, to argue in favor of, to defend, to plead |
| 辯護人 | [ biàn hù rén ] defender, defending counsel |
| 辯護士 | [ biàn hù shì ] defender, apologist |
| 辯辭 | [ biàn cí ] an excuse |
| 辯難 | [ biàn nàn ] to debate, to retort, to refute |
| 辯駁 | [ biàn bó ] to dispute, to refute |
| ⇒ 不容置辯 | [ bù róng zhì biàn ] peremptory, not to be denied, not brooking argument |
| ⇒ 事實勝於雄辯 | [ shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn ] facts speak louder than words (idiom) |
| ⇒ 伏辯 | [ fú biàn ] variant of 服辯|服辩[fu2 bian4] |
| ⇒ 冗長辯論 | [ rǒng cháng biàn lùn ] filibuster |
| ⇒ 分辯 | [ fēn biàn ] to explain the facts, to defend against an accusation |
| ⇒ 剖辯 | [ poū biàn ] to analyze, to explain |
| ⇒ 善辯 | [ shàn biàn ] eloquent, good at arguing |
| ⇒ 好辯 | [ haò biàn ] argumentative, quarrelsome |
| ⇒ 巧辯 | [ biàn ] to argue skillfully or plausibly, rhetoric |
| ⇒ 強辯 | [ qiǎng biàn ] to argue strenuously or with sophistry, to quibble |
| ⇒ 強辯到底 | [ qiǎng biàn daò dǐ ] to argue endlessly, to try to have the last word |
| ⇒ 抗辯 | [ kàng biàn ] to counter accusations, to protest, to remonstrate, to retort, to plead, to demur, a plea (of not guilty), a defense (against an allegation), to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) |
| ⇒ 控辯 | [ kòng biàn ] the prosecution and the defense (law) |
| ⇒ 控辯交易 | [ kòng biàn yì ] plea bargaining, plea agreement |
| ⇒ 控辯協議 | [ kòng biàn xié yì ] plea bargain (law) |
| ⇒ 提出抗辯 | [ tí chū kàng biàn ] to plead (not guilty), to enter a plea |
| ⇒ 服辯 | [ fú biàn ] written confession, letter of repentance |
| ⇒ 無罪抗辯 | [ wú zuì kàng biàn ] plea of not guilty |
| ⇒ 爭辯 | [ zhēng biàn ] a dispute, to wrangle |
| ⇒ 狡辯 | [ biàn ] to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story, to make excuses |
| ⇒ 申辯 | [ shēn biàn ] to defend oneself, to rebut a charge |
| ⇒ 答辯 | [ dá biàn ] to reply (to an accusation), to defend one's dissertation |
| ⇒ 置辯 | [ zhì biàn ] to argue |
| ⇒ 能言善辯 | [ néng yán shàn biàn ] glib of tongue (idiom), eloquent |
| ⇒ 詭辯 | [ guǐ biàn ] specious arguments, sophistry |
| ⇒ 詭辯家 | [ guǐ biàn jiā ] sophist, one who relies on specious arguments |
| ⇒ 詭辯術 | [ guǐ biàn shù ] specious arguments, sophistry |
| ⇒ 雄辯 | [ xióng biàn ] eloquent, oratory, rhetoric |
| ⇒ 雄辯家 | [ xióng biàn jiā ] orator |