编 (編) biān

1. biān verb to edit; to compile; to write; to compose
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: pjien; as in 编写 (NCCED '编' 3; Kroll 2015 '編' 1b; GHC '编' 4). For example in Zhuangzi, 編曲 'composed a ditty [tune]' (Legge, 1891, The Great and Most Honoured Master, 莊子‧大宗師)
2. biān verb to edit; to compile; to write; to compose
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The simplified form 编 is also an archaic form of the modern traditional 編.
3. biān verb to weave; to braid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 编织 (NCCED '编' 1; Kroll 2015 '編' 2; GHC '编' 5) For example, in the Classic of Rites, 編萑以苴之 'wrapped it round with straw and reeds' (Legge, 1885, The Pattern of the Family, 禮記‧內則)
4. biān verb to bind bamboo strips with a string or band
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '編' 1; GHC '编' 1)
5. biān verb to arrange; to organize
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 排列 (NCCED '编' 2; Kroll 2015 '編' 3; GHC '编' 2)
6. biān verb to group together
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 编联 (NCCED '编' 2; GHC '编' 3)
7. biān noun a section of a book
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: (NCCED '编' 4)
8. biān verb to make up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: For example, 瞎编 'to make up without knowing' (NCCED '编' 6)
9. biān noun a book
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: (NCCED '编' 7)

Contained in

• 编钟(編鐘) a set of bells
• 选编(選編) selected works (poems, documents etc); anthology
• 编审(編審) to copy-edit ; copy editor
• 文本编辑器 a text editor ; text editor
• 韦编三绝(韋編三絕) the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times; to study diligently
• 编注(編註) editor's note
• 竹编(竹編) wickerwork
• 编织品(編織品) woven fabric
• 编次(編次) order of arrangement
• 改编(改編) to change ; to revise ; to rearrange
• 可擦写可编程只读存储器(可擦寫可編程只讀存儲器) EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
• 编著(編著) to compile; to write
• 编辑家(編輯家) editor; compiler
• 五笔编码(五筆編碼) Wubi Chinese character input method
• 续编(續編) sequel; continuation (of a serial publication)
• 进行编程(進行編程) executable program
• 编码字符集(編碼字符集) coded character set
• 编导(編導) to write and direct (a play, film etc); playwright-director; choreographer-director; scenarist-director
• 编译(編譯) to compile ; to translate and edit
• 编曲(編曲) to compose music
• 编务(編務) editing
• 编遣(編遣) to reorganize (troops etc) and discharge surplus personnel
• 编辑说明(編輯說明) editorial notes
• 总编辑(總編輯) general editor; chief editor
• 编辑室(編輯室) editorial office
• 邮政编码(郵政編碼) postal code; zipcode
• 棕编(棕編) woven palm fiber (used in handicraft); coir; woven coconut fiber
• 编年(編年) annals
• 编班(編班) to group or place into classes
• 编译家(編譯家) translator and editor
• 编订(編訂) to compile and proof read
• 编结业(編結業) weaving industry
• 瞎编乱造(瞎編亂造) random lies and falsehoods
• 瞎编(瞎編) to fabricate (a story)
• 可编程(可編程) programmable
• 编舞(編舞) choreography; choreographer
• 图像编辑(圖像編輯) image editing
• 编队(編隊) to form into columns; to organize into teams; formation (of ships or aircraft)
• 在编(在編) to be on the regular payroll; to be on the permanent staff
• 编号(編號) an identification number; a serial number ; to give a serial number
• 科学编辑(科學編輯) science editor (of a publication)
• 主编(主編) a chief editor ; to supervise publication
• 扩编(擴編) to expand (especially by new recruitment); to increase the army; to augment

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• 卷九十八 志第七十四 藝文三 Volume 98 Treatises 74: Arts and Literature 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 53
• 卷九十七 志第七十三 藝文二 Volume 97 Treatises 73: Arts and Literature 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 46
• 卷二百〇四 志第一百五十七 藝文三 Volume 204 Treatises 157: Arts and Literature 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
• 卷四十 志第十六 地理一 Volume 40 Treatises 16: Geography 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
• 卷二百〇八 志第一百六十一 藝文七 Volume 208 Treatises 161: Arts and Literature 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
• 卷一百二十九 志第八十二 樂四 Volume 129 Treatises 82: Music 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 21
• 卷二百〇三 志第一百五十六 藝文二 Volume 203 Treatises 156: Arts and Literature 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
• 卷一百　　志第四十八:　兵三 Volume 100 Treatises 53: Military 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 19
• 卷三十一 本紀第三十一 高宗八 Volume 31 Annals 31: Gaozong 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 卷九十九 志第七十五 藝文四 Volume 99 Treatises 75: Arts and Literature 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 19

Collocations

• 龙编 (龍編) 龍編 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十八下 地理志 Volume 28b: Treatise on Geography 2 — count: 12
• 编发 (編髮) 皆編發 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《西南夷列傳》 Treatise on the Southwestern Yi people — count: 7
• 编草 (編草) 夏則編草為裳 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十一 魏書二十一 王衛二劉傅傳 Volume 21: Book of Wei 21 - Biographies of Wang, Wei, and the two Lius — count: 4
• 编书 (編書) 出一編書 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu — count: 3
• 编县 (編縣) 編縣之於槨戶邊 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十 魏書三十 烏丸鮮卑東夷傳 Volume 30: Book of Wei 30 - Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dongyi — count: 3
• 历编 (歷編) 故召治歷編欣 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two — count: 3
• 一编 (一編) 一编 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 既夕禮 第十三 13. (Mourning procedures of) the evening preceding burial — count: 3
• 同编 (同編) 同編亿兆 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十六 南蠻西南夷列傳 Volume 86: Treatise on the Nanman, Southwestern Barbarians — count: 2
• 遗编 (遺編) 而遺編殘冊 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十九 志第九 禮上 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Rites Part One — count: 2
• 败编 (敗編) 有敗編自聚於道 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷三十 志第二十 五行一 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Five Elements 1 — count: 2