答辩 meaning in English

dábiàn

to reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 答辯28 strokes

Meaning of 答辩

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dábiàn
  1. to reply (to an accusation)
  2. to defend one's dissertation

答辩 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ在zài准zhǔn备bèi论lùn文wén答dá辩biàn吗ma?
Are you preparing for your thesis defense?
下xià个gè月yuè就jiù要yào进jìn行xíng硕shuò士shì论lùn文wén答dá辩biàn了le。
The defense of the master thesis is just happening next month.

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答 dá · to answer · 12 strokes

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辩 biàn · to dispute · 16 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 答辩.

回答huídáto reply; to answer; reply; answer
答应dāyingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
答案dá'ànanswer; solution
辩论biànlùndebate; argument
报答bàodáto repay; to requite
答复dáfùto answer; to reply
辩护biànhùto speak in defense of; to argue in favor of
解答jiědáto solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty)
辩解biànjiěto explain; to justify
辩方biànfāng(law) the defense
答对dáduìto answer correctly; (literary) to respond; to reply
争辩zhēngbiàna dispute; to wrangle

Questions about 答辩

What does 答辩 mean?

答辩 (dábiàn) means "to reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 答辩?

答辩 is made of 2 characters: 答 (12 strokes), 辩 (16 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.

Is 答辩 an HSK word?

Yes. 答辩 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 答辩 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 答辩 is written 答辯.