鞭
biān HSK7

whip

鞭 biān
animal penis noun
the penis of an animal, often used as food or in traditional medicine

这种汤里加入了牛鞭。

zhè zhǒng tāng lǐ jiā​rù le niú biān.

Ox penis was added to this soup.

flog noun
to strike or beat with a whip or lash

这种残忍的鞭刑已经被废除了。

zhè zhǒng cán​rěn de biān xíng yǐ​jīng bèi fèi​chú le.

This cruel punishment of flogging has been abolished.

iron weapon noun
a segmented metal striking weapon used in ancient China

这种铁鞭是古代武将使用的兵器。

zhè zhǒng tiě biān shì gǔ​dài wǔ​jiàng shǐ​yòng de bīng​qì.

This iron whip was a weapon used by ancient military generals.

whip noun
a flexible tool used for striking or driving animals

他挥舞着手中的马鞭。

tā huī​wǔ zhe shǒu​zhōng de mǎ​biān.

He brandished the horsewhip in his hand.

baton noun
a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra

赶车的马夫挥动手中的鞭，催促马儿快点跑。

gǎn​chē de mǎ​fū huī​dòng shǒu zhōng de biān, cuī​cù mǎ r kuài diǎn pǎo.

The coachman brandished his whip, urging the horse to run faster.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,250th most common 26.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,633rd most common 6.66 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.12 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
6.52 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
18
Unicode
U+97AD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)