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

• 编班考试(編班考試) placement test
• 编录(編錄) to select and edict; to edit extracts
• 编排(編排) to lay out ; to arrange; to lay out ; to exaggerate; to fabricate ; editing and typesetting
• 编制(編製) to weave; to plait ; to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc) ; an arrangement; a permutation ; a deployment
• 编选(編選) to select and edit; to compile
• 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)
• 编集(編集) to compile; to edit and compile
• 胡编(胡編) to make things up; to concoct (a story, an excuse etc)
• 可编程(可編程) programmable
• 编辑说明(編輯說明) editorial notes
• 扩编(擴編) to expand (especially by new recruitment); to increase the army; to augment
• 编纂(編纂) to compile
• 韦编三绝(韋編三絕) the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times; to study diligently
• 总编(總編) chief editor (of newspaper)
• 编组(編組) to organize into groups; marshalling
• 瞎编(瞎編) to fabricate (a story)
• 在编(在編) to be on the regular payroll; to be on the permanent staff
• 编目(編目) catalogue; list ; to make a list
• 竹编(竹編) wickerwork
• 小编(小編) editor
• 收编(收編) to incorporate into one's troops; to weave in
• 邮政编码(郵政編碼) postal code; zipcode
• 编结业(編結業) weaving industry
• 编造(編造) to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
• 钩编(鉤編) to crochet
• 有编制(有編制) having a permanent post; part of the official staff
• 瞎编乱造(瞎編亂造) random lies and falsehoods
• 编曲(編曲) to compose music
• 邮编(郵編) postal code; zip code
• 编成(編成) to organize; to edit
• 编辑人(編輯人) to strive for peace
• 编修(編修) to compile and edit
• 长编(長編) a writer who draws from many sources; a writer who creates an initial draft ; a draft ; a long text
• 编注(編註) editor's note
• 编班(編班) to group or place into classes
• 编者(編者) editor; compiler
• 编钲(編鉦) a group of zheng
• 编务(編務) editing
• 图像编辑(圖像編輯) image editing
• 编辑部(編輯部) editorial department
• 编次(編次) order of arrangement
• 编菅(編菅) a woven straw mat
• 新编(新編) to compile anew; new (version); newly set up (part of an organization)
• 曼彻斯特编码(曼徹斯特編碼) Manchester encoding

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 曰编 (曰編) 西南方曰編駒之山 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四　墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — count: 2
• 编侯 (編侯) 封龍編侯 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十九 吳書四 劉繇太史慈士燮傳 Volume 49: Book of Wu 4 - Biographies of Liu Yao, Taishi Ci, and Shi Xie — count: 2
• 编羽 (編羽) 編羽旄 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第二十九 輿服上 玉輅 乘輿 金根 安車 立車 耕車 戎車 獵車 軿車 青蓋車... Volume 119: Travel and Dress Part One — count: 2